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ArticlePediatric research2018

Heme oxygenase-1 deficiency promotes severity of sepsis in a non-surgical preterm mouse model.

Kazumichi Fujioka, Flora Kalish, Hui Zhao, Ronald J Wong, David K Stevenson

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Article in Pediatric research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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Kazumichi FujiokaDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Flora KalishDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Hui ZhaoDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Ronald J WongDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. rjwong@stanford.edu.
David K StevensonDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSepsis in preterm infants is associated with systemic inflammatory responses. The stress-response protein heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) has protective anti-inflammatory properties. Recently, we reported a protective role of HO-1 using our non-surgical cecal slurry (CS) model in wild-type (WT) mouse pups. Here, we extend these findings to investigate the association of HO-1 deficiency with sepsis severity.

methodsAdapting the Wynn model, we induced sepsis in 4-day-old HO-1-deficient (HO-1

resultsPost-sepsis induction, Het pups had a mortality of 85.0% (n = 20) and increased expression of the pro-inflammatory gene in the livers and affected hematologic profiles. Heme treatment 24 h prior to sepsis induction significantly increased liver HO activity, reduced mortality to 24.5% (n = 17), attenuated inflammatory responses, reduced spleen bacterial counts, and significantly increased peripheral neutrophils.

conclusionsA partial deficiency in HO-1 increased the progression and mortality in sepsis. Furthermore, induction of HO-1 significantly reduced the mortality even in Het pups. Thus, we conclude that HO-1 plays an important role in the protection against preterm sepsis.

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Anemia, HemolyticAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCecumCrosses, GeneticDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGrowth DisordersHemeHeme Oxygenase-1HumansInfant, PrematureIron Metabolism DisordersMembrane ProteinsMiceAnti-Inflammatory AgentsHemeHeme Oxygenase-1Hmox1 protein, mouseMembrane Proteins

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