Gasotransmitters (eBook)

Dr. Rui Wang is the Vice-President Research and a professor of Biology of Laurentian University in Canada. He served as Vice President of Research, Economic Development and Innovation at Lakehead University in Canada until 2015. Prior to that, Dr. Wang was a Professor of Physiology and leader of both the Cardiovascular Research Group and the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Network at the University of Saskatchewan, and an Assistant Professor at the Université de Montréal. Dr. Wang was trained in China as a medical doctor, and later received his PhD degree in 1990 from the University of Alberta. He was the first to conceptualize the gasotransmitter family in 2002. His achievements have been recognized with numerous national and international honors and awards, including election to fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in 2010 and recipient of the Pfizer Senior Scientist Award from Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in 2008. Dr. Wang has published about 266 peer-reviewed papers in leading scientific journals, including Science and Cell. His publication on H2S biology and medicine has received the highest citations in this field in the world.

Overview of Gasotransmitters and the Related Signaling Network; Production of NO – The L-arginine/NOS/NO System; Production of H2S – The L-cysteine/CSE-CBS-MST/H2S System; HO-1-derived CO is a Regulator of Vascular Function and Metabolic Syndrome; Production and Signalling Functions of Ammonia in Mammalian Cells; The Interaction of NO and H2S Signaling Systems in Biology and Medicine; Signaling by CO: Molecular and Cellular Functions; Production and Signalling of Methane; Gasotransmitters in Plants