Hemoglobin Reveals New Role As Blood Pressure Regulator

Hemoglobin carries out a cycle in which it sops up a form of nitric oxide in the lungs and releases it in blood vessels. Though hemoglobin is perhaps the most studied protein, this new hemoglobin mechanism was just recently discovered and raises questions about how hemoglobin relates to blood pressu...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1996-03, Vol.271 (5256), p.1670-1670
Main Author: Glanz, James
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biochemistry
Blood
Blood pressure
Blood Pressure - physiology
Blood pressure regulation
Blood vessels
Carbon dioxide
Cysteine - metabolism
Erythrocytes
Hemoglobin
Hemoglobins
Hemoglobins - chemistry
Hemoglobins - metabolism
Lungs
Mercaptoethanol
Molecules
Nitric Oxide - blood
Nitric Oxide - metabolism
Nitroso Compounds - metabolism
Oxygen
Rats
Regulation
Research News
Researchers
S-Nitrosothiols
Vasoconstriction
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Summary:Hemoglobin carries out a cycle in which it sops up a form of nitric oxide in the lungs and releases it in blood vessels. Though hemoglobin is perhaps the most studied protein, this new hemoglobin mechanism was just recently discovered and raises questions about how hemoglobin relates to blood pressure.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.271.5256.1670