Hydrogen sulfide as a therapeutic target for inflammation

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 439-449

  Rivers, Jack R ^a   Badiei, Alireza ^a   Bhatia, Madhav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Hydrogen sulfide; Inflammation; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CISPLATIN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; PROPARGYLGLYCINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ASTHMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHRONIC PAIN; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIC REPERFUSION INJURY; METABOLIC RATE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCLE SPASM; NONHUMAN; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SYNOVITIS; TISSUE INJURY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INFLAMMATION; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; SEPSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84860240578     PISSN: 14728222     EISSN: 17447631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2012.673591     Document Type: Review

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