Anti-oxidant effect of heme oxygenase-1 on cigarette smoke-induced vascular injury
Cigarette smoking, a major independent risk factor of atherosclerosis, can cause oxidative and inflammatory damage of vascular tissue. Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is an endogenous cytoprotective enzyme with an anti-oxidant role in cells. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether HO-1 was a...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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D.A. Spandidos
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4463978/ |