title: Quoth the Raven: carbon monoxide and nothing more.
abstract: The articles contained in this review series exemplify the diverse applications and succinct biological relevance of this simple gas. Articles summarizing the important effects of carbon monoxide in preventing the rejection of an organ, in its neuroprotective properties in piglets, regulation of mycobacterial growth, in its anti-inflammatory effects in the gut and in its use in new and innovative modalities and avenues by which to harness adjuvant therapies are eloquently and precisely described and reviewed. Each of these reports offers but a glimpse of continued prudent and sound evidence that this simple diatomic gas offers astonishingly potent and extremely diverse biological and medicinal qualities.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Transplant Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. lotterbe@bidmc.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Leo E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Otterbein