Stabilization of mast cells by heme oxygenase-1: an anti-inflammatory role

• Published in: American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology Vol. 283; no. 3; pp. H861 - H870
• Main Authors: Takamiya, Rina, Murakami, Makoto, Kajimura, Mayumi, Goda, Nobuhito, Makino, Nobuya, Takamiya, Yoshihiro, Yamaguchi, Tokio, Ishimura, Yuzuru, Hozumi, Nobumichi, Suematsu, Makoto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2002
• Subjects: Animals; Bilirubin - pharmacology; Biliverdine - pharmacology; Cell Adhesion - drug effects; Cell Adhesion - immunology; Cell Degranulation - drug effects; Cell Degranulation - immunology; Enzyme Inhibitors - pharmacology; Flow Cytometry; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic - drug effects; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic - immunology; Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) - genetics; Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) - immunology; Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) - metabolism; Heme Oxygenase-1; Hemin - pharmacology; Leukocytes - cytology; Male; Mast Cells - enzymology; Mast Cells - immunology; Protoporphyrins - pharmacology; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Transfection

1  Department of Biochemistry and Integrative Medical Biology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo 160-8582; 2  Department of Biotechnology, Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Chiba 278-0022; 3  Department of Health Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sci...