New role for hemin in pancreatic injury
Main Category: EndocrinologyArticle Date: 24 Oct 2005 - 0:00 PDT
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In a paper appearing online on October 20 in advance of print publication of the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, M. Bishr Omary and colleagues from Stanford University identify a novel protective role for hemin in experimental mouse pancreatitis and provide a cellular mechanistic basis for such protection.
These studies provide a foundation for further studies towards a potential new therapeutic approach for the treatment of human pancreatitis.
TITLE: Hemin-activated macrophages home to the pancreas and protect from acute pancreatitis via HO-1 induction
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