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Haem oxygenase-1 (HO-1) plays an important role in inflammatory disease development and progression. Whether it has an anti-inflammatory role in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced liver injury remains unclear. To investigate the functional role of HO-1 in protecting liver tissue against inflammatory
The infection with Trypanosoma cruzi induces a robust cardiac inflammation that plays a pathogenic role in the development of Chagas heart disease. In this study, we aimed at investigating the effects of Haem Oxygenase (HO) during experimental infection by T. cruzi in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice. HO has
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Previous studies demonstrated that intraplaque haemorrhage increased the contents of cholesterol and oxidants in atherosclerotic plaques. The present study was aimed to test the hypothesis that enhanced expression of haem oxygenase-1 (HO-1) may stabilize vulnerable
Extracellular ATP may act as a danger signalling molecule, inducing inflammation and immune responses in infection sites. The ectonucleotidases NTPDase and ecto-5'-nucleotidase are enzymes that modulate extracellular nucleotide levels; these enzymes have been previously characterised in Trichomonas
Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) is a severe neurological disorder caused by bleeding within the brain tissue. Inflammation has been implicated in ICH pathogenesis and is a potential therapeutic target for ICH. Haemin, an activator of haem oxygenase-1 (HO-1), rapidly increases HO-1 protein expression
Nitric oxide (NO) production in macrophages by inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS2) has multiple tissue damaging effects and is involved in the pathogenesis of inflammation and graft rejection. Haem oxygenase (HmOx) is the enzyme which degrades haem. Its inducible isoform, HmOx1, was recently
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Acute pancreatitis (AP) can result in pancreatic necrosis and inflammation, with subsequent multi-organ failure. AP is associated with increased neutrophil recruitment and a rise in pro-inflammatory cytokines such as TNFα. Pretreatment with haemin, results in recruitment of
The role of haem oxygenase (HO) in the hepatic accumulation of leukocytes in mice during the initiation of remote organ injury following normotensive limb ischaemia-reperfusion (I-R) was investigated. Remote organ injury was initiated by 1 h bilateral hindlimb ischaemia followed by either 1 or 1.5 h
Premature loss of dental implants is due, apart from mechanical factors, to germrelated inflammation. Gaps and hollow spaces within the implant system, for example the gap between implant and abutment in the two-part implant system, may provide a bacterial reservoir causing or maintaining
The cytotoxin-associated gene A protein (CagA) plays a pivotal role in the aetiology of Helicobacter pylori-associated gastric diseases. CagA is injected into the cytoplasm of host cells by a type IV secretion system, and is phosphorylated on tyrosine residues by the host enzyme c-Src. We previously
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The pleiotropic effects of HMG-CoA inhibitors (statins), which include anti-inflammation, antioxidation and immunomodulation, are not yet fully understood. The present study was designed to elucidate the role of nitric oxide (NO), peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)) and haem oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in the
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This study aimed to investigate whether activation of haeme oxygenase (HO)-1 enzyme by haemin would have beneficial effects on the functional and histological outcome against gentamicin-induced renal damage in rats and sought to elucidate the underlying mechanisms of the therapeutic
Haemin/haem is one of the essential nutrients required by periodontopathogens such as Porphyromonas gingivalis to grow in vitro. In the oral cavity, this nutrient is believed to be provided by the crevicular fluid, a serum-like exudate produced during gum inflammation. However, P. gingivalis is also
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Disturbances in pulmonary vascular reactivity are important components of inflammatory lung disease. Haem oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is an important homeostatic enzyme upregulated in inflammation. Here we have investigated the potentially protective effect of HO-1 against cytokine-induced
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Carbon monoxide (CO), a gaseous mediator produced by haem oxygenases (HOs), has been shown to prevent stress-, ethanol-, aspirin- and alendronate-induced gastric damage; however, its role in gastric ulcer healing has not been fully elucidated. We investigated whether CO released from