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The induction of heme oxygenase-1 in mouse cardiac allografts that do not show accelerated arteriosclerosis suggests that this enzyme may protect against the chronic rejection of transplants (pages 1392–1396).
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Platt, J., Nath, K. Heme oxygenase: Protective gene or Trojan horse. Nat Med 4, 1364–1365 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/3947
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