Abstract
Polynitroxylated pegylated hemoglobin (PNPH, VitalHeme™, SynZyme Technologies LLC, Irvine, CA) is a pegylated hemoglobin covalently labeled with catalytic nitroxides, aka caged nitric oxide (cNO). PNPH serves as a hyperoncotic biopolymer coated and redox transformed hemoglobin acting in the plasma phase as a neurovascular protective multifunctional nanomedicine. This drug is for the correction or prevention of inadequate regional and/or global blood flow without oxidative stress under normal or hypovolemic states in critical care and transfusion medicine. Specific clinical indications for which PNPH has shown efficacy are traumatic brain injury complicated by hemorrhagic shock, stroke, and sickle cell disease. PNPH may also be an ideal alternative to aged red blood cells and a bridge to transfusion.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers as Red Cell Substitutes and Oxygen Therapeutics |
Publisher | Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg |
Pages | 299-313 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Volume | 9783642407178 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783642407178 |
ISBN (Print) | 3642407161, 9783642407161 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1 2013 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- General Engineering
- General Materials Science
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology