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Hypoxia in cartilage: HIF-1alpha is essential for chondrocyte growth arrest and survival.
Genes & development - 1 Nov 2001
Schipani E, Ryan H E, Didrickson S, Kobayashi T, Knight M, Johnson R S
Abstract excerpt
Breakdown or absence of vascular oxygen delivery is a hallmark of many common human diseases, including cancer, myocardial infarction, and stroke. The chief mediator of hypoxic response in mammalian tissues is the transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1), and its oxygen-sensitive component HIF-1alpha. A key question surrounding HIF-1alpha and the hypoxic response is the role of this transcription...
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