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As such, it nitrosylates the haem-moiety of guanylate cyclase, thereby stimulating formation of cyclic guanine monophosphate (cGMP), which then initiates calcium-dependent vasodilation (Olson et al, 2004). PubMed:25307023
By-products of heme and iron metabolism, such as heme oxygenase-dependent generation of carbon monoxide (CO), have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory protective functions against iron-induced vascular damage (33); therefore we examined the impact of CO donors on collagen exposure and thrombus formation in the ex vivo vascular injury model. PubMed:19276082
Pretreating anticoagulated whole blood with tricarbonyldichlororuthenium(II) dimer, a CO donor, significantly reduced collagen exposure (Fig. 5A) and thrombus formation (Fig. 5B) induced by FeCl3. PubMed:19276082
CO inhibits Hb oxidation and subsequently heme release, thus blocking heme accumulation in serum and preventing heme from exerting its inflammatory effects in the course of malaria disease (Ferreira et al., 2011). PubMed:24904418
Presaturation of RBC with CO affected neither initial H2O2- dependent Prx-2 oxidation nor Prx-2 reduction in either RBC, although a trend toward decreased Prx-2 oxidation over 5 min was noted in CO-treated cells ( p = 0.08 between with and without CO groups for b93Cys RBC). PubMed:25264713
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