Hemin inhibits NO production by IL-1β-stimulated human astrocytes through induction of heme oxygenase-1 and reduction of p38 MAPK activation

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Heme oxygenase (HO)-1 has been shown to attenuate oxidative injury and reduce apoptosis. HO-1 can be induced by various stimuli released during cellular injury, such as heme. Deleterious free heme is degraded by HO-1 to carbon monoxi...

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Main Authors: Sheng Wen S, Hu Shuxian, Nettles Adam R, Lokensgard James R, Vercellotti Gregory M, Rock R Bryan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-09-01
Series:Journal of Neuroinflammation
Online Access:http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/7/1/51