Shelly R H Pecorella et al.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 309(8), L857-L871 (2015-07-19)
The heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1)/carbon monoxide (CO) system induces mitochondrial biogenesis, but its biological impact in human skeletal muscle is uncertain. The enzyme system generates CO, which stimulates mitochondrial proliferation in normal muscle. Here we examined whether CO breathing can be