The Emerging Role of Heme Oxygenase and Its Metabolites in the Regulation of Cardiovascular Function

1Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Center for Excellence in Cardiovascular-Renal Research, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA 2Department of Cardiology, Center for Medical Education and Career Development, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima, Fukushima City 960-1295, Japan 3Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Clinica Medica 5, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35100 Padova, Italy 4Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH 43614, USA