Title | Signal Transduction and the Gasotransmitters [electronic resource] : NO, CO, and H2S in Biology and Medicine / edited by Rui Wang |
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Imprint | Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2004 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-806-9 |
Descript | XIV, 378 p. online resource |
I. Gasotransmitters: Past, Present, and Future -- 1 The Evolution of Gasotransmitter Biology and Medicine: From Atmospheric Toxic Gases to Endogenous Gaseous Signaling Molecules -- 2 Interactions Between Gasotransmitters -- II. The Emergence of the First Gasotransmitter: Nitric Oxide -- 3 Nitric Oxide: Synthesis and Metabolism, Tissue Stores, and the Relationship of Endothelium-Derived Nitric Oxide to Endothelium-Dependent Hyperpolarization -- 4 Chemical Interaction of Nitric Oxide With Protein Thiols: S-Nitrosylation Signaling -- 5 Nitric Oxide and Adenosine Triphosphate-Sensitive Potassium Channels: Their Different Properties But Analogous Effects on Cellular Protection -- 6 Interactions of Nitric Oxide and Related Radical Species With KCa Channels -- 7 Nitric Oxide and Voltage-Gated Ca2+ Channels -- 8 Interactions of Nitric Oxide and Cardiac Ion Channels -- 9 S-Nitrosylation of Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels -- III. Story of a Silent Killer: The Resurgence of Carbon Monoxide as the Second Gasotransmitter -- 10 Synthesis and Metabolism of Carbon Monoxide -- 11 Interaction of Carbon Monoxide With K+ Channels in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells -- 12 Modulation of Multiple Types of Ion Channels by Carbon Monoxide in Nonvascular Tissues and Cells -- 13 The Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of Carbon Monoxide on Calcium-Activated K+ Channels -- 14 Carbon Monoxide and Signal Transduction Pathways -- 15 Carbon Monoxide-Induced Alterations in the Expression of KCa Channels in Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells -- IV. Gas of the Rotten Egg: Hydrogen Sulfide as the Third Gasotransmitter -- 16 Hydrogen Sulfide Production and Metabolism in Mammalian Tissues -- 17 Toxicological and Environmental Impacts of Hydrogen Sulfide -- 18 Hydrogen Sulfide and the Regulation of Neuronal Activities -- 19 The Role of Hydrogen Sulfide as an Endogenous Vasorelaxant Factor -- 20 Hydrogen Sulfide and Visceral Smooth Muscle Contractility -- 21 Interaction of Hydrogen Sulfide and Adenosine Triphosphate-Sensitive Potassium Channels in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells -- V. Gasotransmitters, Other Gaseous Molecules, and Cell Metabolism -- 22 Gasotransmitters as a Novel Class of Metabolic Regulators: Nitric Oxide, Carbon Monoxide, and Nitrous Oxide