Hemolysis, free hemoglobin toxicity, and scavenger protein therapeutics

F Vallelian, PW Buehler… - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
During hemolysis, erythrophagocytes dispose damaged red blood cells. This prevents the
extracellular release of hemoglobin, detoxifies heme, and recycles iron in a linked metabolic …

Therapeutic strategies for sickle cell disease: towards a multi-agent approach

MJ Telen, P Malik, GM Vercellotti - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
For over 100 years, clinicians and scientists have been unravelling the consequences of the
A to T substitution in the β-globin gene that produces haemoglobin S, which leads to the …

The worst things in life are free: the role of free heme in sickle cell disease

OT Gbotosho, MG Kapetanaki, GJ Kato - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hemolysis is a pathological feature of several diseases of diverse etiology such as
hereditary anemias, malaria, and sepsis. A major complication of hemolysis involves the …

Whole genome sequence analysis of the plasma proteome in black adults provides novel insights into cardiovascular disease

DH Katz, UA Tahir, AG Bick, A Pampana, D Ngo… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Plasma proteins are critical mediators of cardiovascular processes and are the
targets of many drugs. Previous efforts to characterize the genetic architecture of the plasma …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of xanthine oxidase (XO) on hemolytic diseases

HM Schmidt, EE Kelley, AC Straub - Redox Biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Hemolytic diseases are associated with elevated levels of circulating free heme that can
mediate endothelial dysfunction directly via redox reactions with biomolecules or indirectly …

Circulating hemopexin modulates anthracycline cardiac toxicity in patients and in mice

J Liu, S Lane, R Lall, M Russo, L Farrell… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Anthracyclines such as doxorubicin (Dox) are effective chemotherapies, but their use is
limited by cardiac toxicity. We hypothesized that plasma proteomics in women with breast …

Role of heme oxygenase as a modulator of heme-mediated pathways

JC Duvigneau, H Esterbauer, AV Kozlov - Antioxidants, 2019 - mdpi.com
The heme oxygenase (HO) system is essential for heme and iron homeostasis and
necessary for adaptation to cell stress. HO degrades heme to biliverdin (BV), carbon …

The multifaceted role of ischemia/reperfusion in sickle cell anemia

RP Hebbel, JD Belcher… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Sickle cell anemia is a unique disease dominated by hemolytic anemia and vaso-occlusive
events. The latter trigger a version of ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) pathobiology that is singular …

[HTML][HTML] Heme induces human and mouse platelet activation through C-type-lectin-like receptor-2

JH Bourne, M Colicchia, Y Di, E Martin, A Slater… - …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Intravascular hemolysis is a serious complication developed in many severe infections such
as malaria, sepsis, 1 typical hemolytic uremic syndrome2 and congenital diseases such as …

Haptoglobin therapeutics and compartmentalization of cell-free hemoglobin toxicity

PW Buehler, DJ Schaer - Trends in molecular medicine, 2020 - cell.com
Hemolysis and accumulation of cell-free hemoglobin (Hb) in the circulation or in confined
tissue compartments such as the subarachnoid space is an important driver of disease …