Overview
Reviews the biological, pharmacological and medical functions of the signalling molecules nitric oxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen sulfide
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Richly illustrated
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Since the epochal discovery of the radical and highly toxic gas nitric oxide (NO) as a signaling molecule, two other no less toxic gases – carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) – have been found to also be involved in a plethora of physiological and pathophysiological functions. The gases termed gasotransmitters play an increasingly important role in understanding how signalling into and between cells is modulated and fine-tuned. The advent of gasotransmitters has profoundly changed our way of thinking about biosynthesis, liberation, storage and action mechanisms in cellular signaling. In recent years an impressive amount of new data, distributed throughout the existing literature, has been generated. For this book the editors have recruited distinguished colleagues in the field to summarize and review important biological, pharmacological and medical functions and their implications, as well as methods for the detection of gasotransmitters.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gasotransmitters: Physiology and Pathophysiology
Editors: Anton Hermann, Guzel F. Sitdikova, Thomas M. Weiger
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30338-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-30337-1Published: 18 July 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44652-8Published: 09 August 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-30338-8Published: 20 July 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 206
Topics: Human Physiology, Neurosciences, Cell Physiology, Animal Biochemistry, Membrane Biology