A protective player in the vascular response to injury

Authors
Schwartz, SM
Citation
Sm. Schwartz, A protective player in the vascular response to injury, NAT MED, 7(6), 2001, pp. 656-657
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Research/Laboratory Medicine & Medical Tecnology","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
NATURE MEDICINE
ISSN journal
10788956 → ACNP
Volume
7
Issue
6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
656 - 657
Database
ISI
SICI code
1078-8956(200106)7:6<656:APPITV>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Heme oxygenase-1, an enzyme expressed during injury, reduces vasoconstricti on and inhibits formation of free radicals. Someday it might be used as a l ocal therapeutic agent at sites of vascular injury (Pages 693-698).