TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Carbon monoxide: An unusual drug
JO  - IUBMB life
A1  - Gullotta, Francesca
A1  - Masi, Alessandra di
A1  - Ascenzi, Paolo
SP  - 378
EP  - 386
VL  - 64
IS  - 5
N2  - The highly toxic gas carbon monoxide (CO) displays many physiological roles in several organs and tissues. Although many diseases, including cancer, hematological diseases, hypertension, heart failure, inflammation, sepsis, neurodegeneration, and sleep disorders, have been linked to abnormal endogenous CO metabolism and functions, CO administration has therapeutic potential in inflammation, sepsis, lung injury, cardiovascular diseases, transplantation, and cancer. Here, insights into the CO-based therapy, characterized by the induction or gene transfer of heme oxygenase-1 and either gas or CO-releasing molecule administration, are reviewed. 2012 IUBMB IUBMB Life, 2012.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1521-6543
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/iub.1015
ID  - ref1
ER  -