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Cardioprotective and Antiapoptotic Effects of Heme Oxygenase-1 in the Failing Heart
Author(s) -
Guangwu Wang,
Tariq Hamid,
Rachel J. Keith,
Guihua Zhou,
Charles Partridge,
Xilin Xiang,
Justin R. Kingery,
Robert K. Lewis,
Qianhong Li,
Gregg Rokosh,
Rachael Ford,
Francis G. Spinale,
Daniel W. Riggs,
Sanjay Srivastava,
Aruni Bhatnagar,
Roberto Bolli,
Sumanth D. Prabhu
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.109.905471
Subject(s) - medicine , oxidative stress , heme oxygenase , heart failure , endocrinology , ventricular remodeling , fibrosis , ejection fraction , myocardial fibrosis , apoptosis , muscle hypertrophy , heme , chemistry , biochemistry , enzyme
Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is an inducible stress-response protein that imparts antioxidant and antiapoptotic effects. However, its pathophysiological role in cardiac remodeling and chronic heart failure (HF) is unknown. We hypothesized that induction of HO-1 in HF alleviates pathological remodeling.

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