Something is rotten in the state of angiogenesis - H2S as gaseous stimulator of angiogenesis

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-2

  Hoefer, Imo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; ANGIOPOIETIN 1; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; VASCULOTROPIN; WORTMANNIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MAMMALS; MICE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34548390636     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2007.07.010     Document Type: Editorial

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