Hydrogen Sulfide: Biogenesis, Physiology, and Pathology
Author(s) -
JinSong Bian,
Kenneth R. Olson,
Yi-Chun Zhu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
oxidative medicine and cellular longevity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.494
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1942-0900
pISSN - 1942-0994
DOI - 10.1155/2016/6549625
Subject(s) - biogenesis , hydrogen sulfide , physiology , pathology , biology , medicine , chemistry , biochemistry , sulfur , organic chemistry , gene
The seminal studies by Kimura's group in the late 1990s [1, 2] ushered in a new era of biological signaling mediated by hydrogen sulfide (H2S). H2S has been described as the third “gasotransmitter” along with nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO; [3]). While none of these molecules actually signal as a gas, their hydrophilicity and lipophilicity enable them to readily traverse intracellular compartments where they serve in a variety of autocrine and paracrine signals capacities.
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