Introduction: Frontiers in research series: The pathophysiological significance of sulphur-containing gases

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 743-744

  Jin, Hong Fang ^a   Du, Jun Bao ^a   Tang, Chao Shu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Indexed keywords

3 MERCAPTOPYRUVIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTEINE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SURVIVIN; OXIDE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; SULFUR MONOXIDE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANGIOGENESIS; EDITORIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; RAT;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MICE; OXIDES; RATS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77953832688     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2010.05379.x     Document Type: Editorial

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