The heme oxygenase dilemma in cellular homeostasis: New insights for the feedback regulation of heme catabolism

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 167-186

  Shibahara, Shigeki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bach1; Bilirubin; Hypoxia; Iron; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BILIRUBIN; BILIVERDIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYSTEINE; DIPEPTIDE; GUANINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HEME OXYGENASE INHIBITOR; IRON; ISOENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE; PROLINE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; THYMINE;

ALLELE; BRAIN MALARIA; CATABOLISM; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL METABOLISM; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TYPE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; DEGRADATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG MECHANISM; EMPHYSEMA; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME REPRESSION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEME SYNTHESIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BILIRUBIN; FANCONI ANEMIA COMPLEMENTATION GROUP PROTEINS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HEME OXYGENASE-1; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IRON; ISOENZYMES; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0242525192     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.200.167     Document Type: Review

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