Heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide in vascular pathobiology: Focus on angiogenesis

Circulation

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-241

  Dulak, Jozef ^b   Deshane, Jessy ^a   Jozkowicz, Alicja ^b   Agarwal, Anupam ^a,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Antioxidants; Endothelium; Growth substances; Hypoxia; Nitric oxide; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; ANTIOXIDANT; CARBON MONOXIDE; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE 1; NITRIC OXIDE; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANGIOGENIC PROTEINS; ANIMALS; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEME OXYGENASE-1; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 38049132217     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.698316     Document Type: Review

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