Antioxidants (Feb 2022)

Immune Regulation of Heme Oxygenase-1 in Allergic Airway Inflammation

  • Zhenwei Xia,
  • Wenwei Zhong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11030465
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 3
p. 465

Abstract

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Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is not only a rate-limiting enzyme in heme metabolism but is also regarded as a protective protein with an immunoregulation role in asthmatic airway inflammation. HO-1 exerts an anti-inflammation role in different stages of airway inflammation via regulating various immune cells, such as dendritic cells, mast cells, basophils, T cells, and macrophages. In addition, the immunoregulation role of HO-1 may differ according to subcellular locations.

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