oxygen availability

medicine

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Ratcliffe
- In Peter J. Ratcliffe
  …found that cellular responses to oxygen availability affect other processes in cells, such as differentiation and metabolism. In particular, Ratcliffe and Kaelin, working independently, discovered that a chemical modification known as prolyl hydroxylation on a molecule called hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) dictates how cells respond to changes in oxygen levels. When…
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Semenza
- In Gregg L. Semenza
  …array of cellular responses to oxygen availability and, in particular, dictates responses to hypoxic conditions. Semenza observed that HIF levels increase significantly under hypoxia, whereas HIF expression is decreased under normal oxygen conditions. He subsequently investigated the role of HIF in cancer, where elevated HIF expression enables tumour cells to…
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