Oxygen Sensing and Hypoxia-induced Responses

Published

2007

Publisher

Portland Press

ISBN-13

9781855781603

ISBN-10

1855781603

Pages

184

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Oxygen is vital to most forms of life, primarily because it is required for oxidative phosphorylation to produce ATP. The control of oxygen delivery is brought about by a convergence of oxygen-sensing mechanisms. Current research is beginning to shed light on the mechanisms by which hypoxia can alter the expression and activity of specific proteins which are essential to the functioning of certain cell types. Rapid progress is being made towards understanding the molecular basis of the effects of hypoxia which may also be involved in important disease processes, including cancer and Alzheimer's disease, and as such may offer important targets for future therapeutic intervention. This volume provides an overview of oxygen sensing and its associated responses in mammalian tissue, with chapters covering with the pathophysiology of hypoxia, and its role is diseases.