Hydrogen sulfide in cancer: Friend or foe?

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-45

  Wu, Dongdong ^a   Si, Weironga ^a   Wang, Mingjie ^b   Lv, Shuangyu ^a   Ji, Ailing ^a   Li, Yanzhang ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti cancer; Apoptosis; Cell cycle; Hydrogen sulfide; Pro cancer

Indexed keywords

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

ACIDIFICATION; ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; BIOENERGY; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CATABOLISM; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84940550651     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: 10898611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2015.08.004     Document Type: Review

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