The biologically relevant coordination chemistry of iron and nitric oxide: electronic structure and reactivity

N Lehnert, E Kim, HT Dong, JB Harland… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule that is involved in a wide range of
physiological and pathological events in biology. Metal coordination chemistry, especially …

Designing artificial metalloenzymes by tuning of the environment beyond the primary coordination sphere

C Van Stappen, Y Deng, Y Liu, H Heidari… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metalloenzymes catalyze a variety of reactions using a limited number of natural amino
acids and metallocofactors. Therefore, the environment beyond the primary coordination …

Sources of vascular nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species and their regulation

J Tejero, S Shiva, MT Gladwin - Physiological reviews, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Nitric oxide (NO) is a small free radical with critical signaling roles in physiology and
pathophysiology. The generation of sufficient NO levels to regulate the resistance of the …

[HTML][HTML] Vascular nitric oxide: Beyond eNOS

Y Zhao, PM Vanhoutte, SWS Leung - Journal of pharmacological sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
As the first discovered gaseous signaling molecule, nitric oxide (NO) affects a number of
cellular processes, including those involving vascular cells. This brief review summarizes …

Squeezing for life–properties of red blood cell deformability

R Huisjes, A Bogdanova, WW Van Solinge… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Deformability is an essential feature of blood cells (RBCs) that enables them to travel
through even the smallest capillaries of the human body. Deformability is a function of (i) …

Thirty years of saying NO: sources, fate, actions, and misfortunes of the endothelium-derived vasodilator mediator

PM Vanhoutte, Y Zhao, A Xu, SWS Leung - Circulation research, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Endothelial cells control vascular tone by releasing nitric oxide (NO) produced by
endothelial NO synthase. The activity of endothelial NO synthase is modulated by the …

Advances in targeting cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases

DH Maurice, H Ke, F Ahmad, Y Wang… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2014 - nature.com
Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) catalyse the hydrolysis of cyclic AMP and
cyclic GMP, thereby regulating the intracellular concentrations of these cyclic nucleotides …

Current advances of nitric oxide in cancer and anticancer therapeutics

J Mintz, A Vedenko, O Rosete, K Shah, G Goldstein… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nitric oxide (NO) is a short-lived, ubiquitous signaling molecule that affects numerous critical
functions in the body. There are markedly conflicting findings in the literature regarding the …

Carbon monoxide–physiology, detection and controlled release

SH Heinemann, T Hoshi, M Westerhausen… - Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon monoxide (CO) is increasingly recognized as a cell-signalling molecule akin to nitric
oxide (NO). CO has attracted particular attention as a potential therapeutic agent because of …

Soluble guanylate cyclase stimulators and activators

P Sandner, DP Zimmer, GT Milne, M Follmann… - Reactive oxygen …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract When Furchgott, Murad, and Ignarro were honored with the Nobel prize for the
identification of nitric oxide (NO) in 1998, the therapeutic implications of this discovery could …