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ReviewOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2014

A review on hemeoxygenase-2: focus on cellular protection and oxygen response.

Jorge Muñoz-Sánchez, María Elena Chánez-Cárdenas

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Review in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers.

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76 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Heme oxygenase-1 and malaria pathogenesis.Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Jorge Muñoz-SánchezLaboratorio de Patología Vascular Cerebral, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía Manuel Velasco Suárez, 14269 Delegación Tlalpan, DF, Mexico.
María Elena Chánez-CárdenasLaboratorio de Patología Vascular Cerebral, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía Manuel Velasco Suárez, 14269 Delegación Tlalpan, DF, Mexico.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hemeoxygenase (HO) system is responsible for cellular heme degradation to biliverdin, iron, and carbon monoxide. Two isoforms have been reported to date. Homologous HO-1 and HO-2 are microsomal proteins with more than 45% residue identity, share a similar fold and catalyze the same reaction. However, important differences between isoforms also exist. HO-1 isoform has been extensively studied mainly by its ability to respond to cellular stresses such as hemin, nitric oxide donors, oxidative damage, hypoxia, hyperthermia, and heavy metals, between others. On the contrary, due to its apparently constitutive nature, HO-2 has been less studied. Nevertheless, its abundance in tissues such as testis, endothelial cells, and particularly in brain, has pointed the relevance of HO-2 function. HO-2 presents particular characteristics that made it a unique protein in the HO system. Since attractive results on HO-2 have been arisen in later years, we focused this review in the second isoform. We summarize information on gene description, protein structure, and catalytic activity of HO-2 and particular facts such as its cellular impact and activity regulation. Finally, we call attention on the role of HO-2 in oxygen sensing, discussing proposed hypothesis on heme binding motifs and redox/thiol switches that participate in oxygen sensing as well as evidences of HO-2 response to hypoxia.

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Carbon MonoxideCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemHemeHeme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)HumansHypoxiaLarge-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium ChannelsNitric Oxide DonorsOxygenProtein IsoformsCarbon MonoxideCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemHemeheme oxygenase-2Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium ChannelsNitric Oxide DonorsOxygenProtein Isoforms

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PMID25136403
PMCPMC4127239

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