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The Measurement of Endogenous Carbon Monoxide Production.
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PMID:  22442030     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Recent findings that heme oxygenase-1 can be induced by oxidative stress and inflammation in many different cellular systems and that carbon monoxide (CO) produced as a byproduct of this enzyme is a signaling molecule, have generated a major research area with hundreds of studies published over the last few years. The measurement of expired CO concentration has been used in humans as a biomarker of induced heme oxygenase resulting from inflammation or oxidative stress, but a precise method of measuring endogenous CO production that can be easily used to study patients is needed. The present study describes such a method. The described method allows calculation of the rate of heme catabolism with a precision of ± 2 µmoles/hour, approximately 10% of the mean normal rate in subjects used in this investigation. This method which is subject-patient-friendly, precise and inexpensive to perform should be applicable to studies performed on humans with induced heme oxygenase and studies of effects of therapy for inflammatory and hemolytic diseases.
Authors:
Ronald F Coburn
Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-3-22
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1522-1601     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Mar 
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Created Date:  2012-3-23     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8502536     Medline TA:  J Appl Physiol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
1University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
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