Year: 2014
Type: editorial
Abstract: How humans and other organisms sense and respond to hypoxia is a rapidly growing research field, with more than 18,000 MedLine citations on hypoxia since the last JAPPL Highlighted Topic in this area in 2015, and more than 80,000 since this series first appeared.Reflecting the growing and widespread interest in hypoxia, this is the fifth Highlighted Topic with emphasis on hypoxia in the Journal of Applied Physiology (23,24,27,28).The invited mini-reviews in this current Highlighted Topic originated from the 20th International Hypoxia Symposium that took place in Lake Louise, Canada, in February 2017.The biannual International Hypoxia Symposia are dedicated to bringing together the best basic scientific and clinical minds to focus on the integrative and translational biology of hypoxia (See: www.hypoxia.net).In addition to dozens of productive scientific collaborations fostered in this congenial, cross-disciplinary environment, keynote speakers have produced 18 mini-reviews that appear in successive issues this fall.The Journal has also accepted other research papers (2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 13, 16, 20-22, 25, 29) and related mini reviews (10, 14) for this Highlighted Topic in Hypoxia.Readers will enjoy the diverse topics reflecting the broad impact and translation of hypoxia on many areas of physiology and medicine. OCTOBERThe Hypoxia Symposium mini-reviews start in the October issue with a fascinating paper by Fago (10) on globinshemoglobin, myoglobin, and the more recently discovered neuroglobin and cytoglobinas the heme-containing proteins ubiquitously expressed in vertebrates.These globins serve a broad range of biological functions, directly or indirectly related to the tight control of oxygen and its toxic products in vivo.Understanding these globin proteins in hypoxia-
Source: Journal of Applied Physiology
Language: English
Topic: High Altitude and Hypoxia
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2043890540