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SUBMITTER: Beckman JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2770753 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beckman Joan D JD Belcher John D JD Vineyard Julie V JV Chen Chunsheng C Nguyen Julia J Nwaneri M Osita MO O'Sullivan M Gerard MG Gulbahce Evin E Hebbel Robert P RP Vercellotti Gregory M GM
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 20090717 4
Carbon monoxide (CO) has anti-inflammatory properties. We previously reported that acute treatments with inhaled CO inhibit vascular inflammation and hypoxia-induced vasoocclusion in sickle cell disease mouse models. Therefore, we hypothesized that chronic CO inhalation would decrease vascular inflammation and organ pathology in a sickle cell disease mouse model. The treatment of sickle cell disease mice with 25 or 250 parts/million inhaled CO for 1 h/day, 3 days/wk for 8-10 wk significantly dec ...[more]