Hydrogen sulfide: Its production, release and functions

Amino Acids

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-121

  Kimura, Hideo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 Mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase; Bound sulfane sulfur; Cardioprotectant; Cystathionine synthase; Cystathionine lyase; EDRF; H2S; Neuromodulator; Neuroprotectant; Smooth muscle relaxant

Indexed keywords

3 MERCAPTOPYRUVATE SULFURTRANSFERASE; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFURTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDOSIS; ALKALOSIS; ASTROCYTE; CATALYSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROTECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME RELEASE; EXCITOTOXICITY; GLIA CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART PROTECTION; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NITROSATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; CYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFURTRANSFERASES;

EID: 78651457395     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0510-x     Document Type: Review

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