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Pharmacological Tools for the Study of H2S Contribution to Angiogenesis

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Vascular Effects of Hydrogen Sulfide

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 2007))

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Recently, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has been characterized as an endogenous mediator able to control a series of cellular and tissue functions relevant for tissue homeostasis and repair such as angiogenesis. This chapter describes the tools and their use in a set of angiogenesis assays performed by using cultured endothelial cells in order to study the relevance of exogenous or endogenous H2S production and release during the occurrence of angiogenesis.

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Acknowledgments

Part of this work was funded by Italian Space Agency (project “Tissue Repair in Microgravity” ASI N. 2013-090-R.O).

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  1. Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

    Lucia Morbidelli, Martina Monti & Erika Terzuoli

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Correspondence to Lucia Morbidelli .

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  1. Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland

    Jerzy Bełtowski

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Morbidelli, L., Monti, M., Terzuoli, E. (2019). Pharmacological Tools for the Study of H2S Contribution to Angiogenesis. In: Bełtowski, J. (eds) Vascular Effects of Hydrogen Sulfide. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2007. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9528-8_11

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