(F. Hernández y Juan F. Madrid. Universidad de Murcia: Departamento de Biología Celular e Histología, 2014) Zhu, Mingzhu; Du, Junbao; Liu, Angie Dong; Holmberg, Lukas; Tang, Chaoshu; Jin, Hongfang
In the middle of the 1980s, nitric oxide
received extensive attention because of its significant
effects in life science. Then, carbon monoxide and
hydrogen sulfide were discovered to be gasotransmitters
playing important roles in regulating cellular
homeostasis. As a common air pollutant, sulfur dioxide
(SO2) can cause great harm to the human body by
producing free radicals, which causes oxidative damage
to various organs. Recently, endogenous SO2 was found
to be produced in the cardiovascular system and might
be a bioactive molecule regulating the physiological
activities including cardiovascular oxidative stress.