A newly found gasotransmitter, hydrogen sulfide, in the pathogenesis of hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases

Current Hypertension Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-126

  Du, Junbao ^a   Zhang, Chunyu ^a   Yan, Hui ^a   Tang, Chaoshu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular system; Hydrogen sulfide; Hypertension; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITRIC OXIDE;

APOPTOSIS; BLOOD VESSEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SHOCK; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

EID: 33746155325     PISSN: 15734021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340206776877307     Document Type: Review

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