Letter by Vitek et al Regarding Article, "Niacin Inhibits Vascular Inflammation via the Induction of Heme Oxygenase-1"

Abstract

The authors performed detailed studies o n a rabbit model of vascular inflammation, clearly demonstrating that niacin inhibits inflammatory processes in the vascular wall mainly via induction of heme oxygenase-I, an important cytoprotective protein responsible for bilirubin production in the human body.

Keywords

• Heme oxygenase-1
• inflammation
• niacin
• serum bilirubin
• rabbits