Gaseous mediator

Gaseous mediators are chemicals that are produced in small amounts by some cells of the mammalian body and have a number of biological signalling functions. There are three so-far-identified gaseous mediator molecules: nitric oxide (NO), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), and carbon monoxide (CO).[1]

References

  1. ↑ Leffler, C. W.; Parfenova, H; Jaggar, J. H.; Wang, R (March 2006). "Carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide: gaseous messengers in cerebrovascular circulation". J. Appl. Physiol. 100 (3): 1065–76. doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00793.2005. PMC 1363746. PMID 16467393.


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