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. 2017 Dec 8;26(2):93–100. doi: 10.4062/biomolther.2017.144

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3.

Mechanisms of CO for repair process in traumatic brain injury. CO, provided from CORM-3 or CO gas, may offer a novel therapeutic approach for traumatic brain injury by preventing pericyte cell death from ROS-dependent signaling, resulting in the activation of redox-sensitive transcription factor HIF-1α, consequently leading to cleaved caspase 3-mediated apoptosis. Moreover, CO therapy may promote pericyte-NSC crosstalk to boost nNOS/NO-mediated neurogenesis.