Hemopexin

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Broader Terms

beta globulin, binding protein

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• Hemopexin is a developmentally regulated, acute-phase plasma protein in the chicken.
• Hemopexin is synthesized in peripheral nerves but not in central nervous system and accumulates after axotomy.
• Weiss THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA Hemopexin is a plasma protein that binds heme with high affinity.
• Rat Hemopexin ELISA Kit Hemopexin is a heme scavenging protein and well recognized positive acute phase reactant that can be elevated 2-3 fold in rat serum or plasma as a result of inflammation, infection or disease.
• NO complex of ferroheme-hemopexin is sufficiently avid and stable to allow hemopexin to bind this molecule in vivo and, thus, hemopexin may protect against NO-mediated toxicity especially in conditions of trauma and hemolysis.

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