Review Article

Therapeutic Approaches to Limit Hemolysis-Driven Endothelial Dysfunction: Scavenging Free Heme to Preserve Vasculature Homeostasis

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Therapeutic approaches aimed at counteracting Hb/heme toxicity. It is possible to use agents to restore NO availability, to limit ROS production and inflammation, to induce the protective HO-1 gene, to use Hb/heme scavengers to block Hb/heme adverse effects, or to chelate heme-derived prooxidant iron. In principle, combined therapies, by acting at different levels, could be even more effective.
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