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Nature Medicine  8, 1350 - 1351 (2002)
doi:10.1038/nm1202-1350

Blood feud: Keeping hemoglobin from nixing NO

James C. Liao

Department of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Interdepartmental Program University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA

Studies on patients with sickle-cell disease now shed light on the physiological battle between hemoglobin and the vasoregulator nitric oxide. It appears that hemoglobin scavenges NO in these patients, likely contributing to vascular complications (pages 1383−1389).

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Cell-free hemoglobin limits nitric oxide bioavailability in sickle-cell disease
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