Role of Endogenous Hydrogen Sulfide Signaling in Health and Disease
Cell Signaling Track

This symposium proposal features the emerging field surrounding the most recently identified endogenously dissolved gaseous transmitter hydrogen sulfide.  Hydrogen sulfide appears to have wide-ranging roles in physiology and pathophysiology.  This session would help to bridge the scientific knowledge of many different disciplines allowing integration of many fundamental discoveries and ideologies.  This session would appeal to nearly all attendees of Experimental Biology 2008 due to the wide-range of speaker topics and subject novelty.  The symposium has the potential to be pivotal in increasing scientific interest in hydrogen sulfide and thus furthering the exploration of hydrogen sulfide into other potentially fruitful areas.

3:15 PM	Mechanisms of cellular and systemic hydrogen sulfide homeostasis. David W. Kraus, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham
3:40 PM	Hydrogen sulfide is an endogenous gaseous transmitter and potent neuromodulator. Hideo Kimura, National Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo
4:05 PM	Hydrogen sulfide can increase life span. Mark B. Roth, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattl
4:30 PM	Cardioprotective actions of hydrogen sulfide. David J. Lefer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
4:55 PM	Role of hydrogen sulfide in ethanol induced preconditioning and inflammation. Mozow Yusof, University of Missouri-Columbia