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ArticleBlood2018

Inhibition of heme oxygenase ameliorates anemia and reduces iron overload in a β-thalassemia mouse model.

Daniel Garcia-Santos, Amel Hamdi, Zuzana Saxova, Carine Fillebeen, Kostas Pantopoulos, Monika Horvathova, Prem Ponka

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Article in Blood, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Daniel Garcia-SantosLady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3894-427X
Amel HamdiLady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6510-8587
Zuzana SaxovaDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Carine FillebeenLady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Kostas PantopoulosLady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Monika HorvathovaDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Prem PonkaLady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5835-1477
Jewish General Hospital · CAPalacký University Olomouc · CZ

Funding

CIHR MOP-126064CIHR MOP-14100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thalassemias are a heterogeneous group of red blood cell disorders, considered a major cause of morbidity and mortality among genetic diseases. However, there is still no universally available cure for thalassemias. The underlying basis of thalassemia pathology is the premature apoptotic destruction of erythroblasts causing ineffective erythropoiesis. In β-thalassemia, β-globin synthesis is reduced causing α-globin accumulation. Unpaired globin chains, with heme attached to them, accumulate in thalassemic erythroblasts causing oxidative stress and the premature cell death. We hypothesize that in β-thalassemia heme oxygenase (HO) 1 could play a pathogenic role in the development of anemia and ineffective erythropoiesis. To test this hypothesis, we exploited a mouse model of β-thalassemia intermedia, Th3/

Indexed as

Animalsbeta-ThalassemiaDisease Models, AnimalEnzyme InhibitorsErythropoiesisErythropoietinHeme Oxygenase-1Iron OverloadLiverMetalloporphyrinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLProtoporphyrinsEnzyme InhibitorsErythropoietinHeme Oxygenase-1MetalloporphyrinsProtoporphyrinstin protoporphyrin IX

Identifiers

PMID29180398
PMCPMC5757685
OpenAlexW2768914249

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