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Involvement of oxygen-sensing pathways in physiologic and pathologic erythropoiesis.
Blood - 3 Sept 2009
Semenza Gregg L
Abstract excerpt
Red blood cells deliver O(2) from the lungs to every cell in the human body. Reduced tissue oxygenation triggers increased production of erythropoietin by hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1), which is a transcriptional activator composed of an O(2)-regulated alpha subunit and a constitutively expressed beta subunit. Hydroxylation of HIF-1alpha or HIF-2alpha by the asparaginyl hydroxylase FIH-1 blocks coactivator...
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