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Understanding Dangerously Low Oxygen Levels
Oxygen saturation, or "O2 sat" for short, is a measure of how much oxygen is in your blood. For most healthy adults and ...
AOL11 天
Sleep apnea impacts brain in ways that may affect cognitive function
and this is in part explained by the low oxygen levels that you see in this disease — more so in some cases than others,” ...
BBC5 年
How our cells sense oxygen wins Nobel prize
If oxygen levels are low, it can trigger the production of red ... So, drugs that mimic it may be an effective treatment for anaemia. Tumours, meanwhile, can hijack this process to selfishly ...
Nature4 年
Environmental Cues Like Hypoxia Can Trigger Gene Expression and Cancer Development
How can low oxygen levels lead to developmental abnormality and disease? It seems that proteins called hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) can affect gene expression in low-oxygen conditions.
Pulmonaryhypertensionnews.com13 天
Oxygen-sensing protein a potential therapeutic target in PAH: Study
The oxygen-sensing protein HIF-1alpha may contribute to worsening pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and is a possible ...