Hydrogen Sulfide and its Therapeutic Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kimura, Hideo. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Neurosciences.; Toxicology.; Biochemistry.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Medical Biochemistry.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1550-3

The metabolism of sulfur especially by sulfurtransferases had been intensively studied in mid 1900<U+0019>s. Three enzymes, cystathionine ø<U+0013>synthase (CBS), cystathionine đ<U+0013>lyase (CSE) and 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase (3MST) were found to have the capacity to...

Table of Contents:

• Biogenesis and Catabolism of Hydrogen Sulfide
• Multiple roles of H2S in inflammation <U+0013> a new class of therapeutics?
• Hydrogen Sulfide and Oxygen Sensing
• The signal transduction of H2S: identification of the <U+0018>receptor<U+0019> for H2S
• Hydrogen sulfide: Physiological and pathophysiological functions
• Therapeutic Applications of Hydrogen Sulfide
• Biological effects of H2S inhalation and its therapeutic potential
• H2S-mediated defense against antibiotics in bacteria
• Modulation of cellular signaling and induction of cytoprotection by hydrogen sulfide.