Advances in hypoxia-inducible factor biology

H Choudhry, AL Harris - Cell metabolism, 2018 - cell.com
Summary Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), a central regulator for detecting and adapting to
cellular oxygen levels, transcriptionally activates genes modulating oxygen homeostasis …

Basic biology of hypoxic responses mediated by the transcription factor HIFs and its implication for medicine

K Hirota - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Oxygen (O2) is essential for human life. Molecular oxygen is vital for the production of
adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in human cells. O2 deficiency leads to a reduction in the …

HIF-1 as a target for drug development

A Giaccia, BG Siim, RS Johnson - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2003 - nature.com
Sensing and responding to fluxes in oxygen tension is perhaps the single most important
variable in physiology, and animal tissues have developed a number of essential …

Hypoxia‐inducible factors as an alternative source of treatment strategy for cancer

MA Akanji, D Rotimi, OS Adeyemi - Oxidative medicine and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hypoxia‐inducible factors (HIFs) are transcription factors that activate the transcription of
genes necessary to circumvent to hypoxic (low oxygen level) environments. In …

Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 and cardiovascular disease

GL Semenza - Annual review of physiology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Cardiac function is required for blood circulation and systemic oxygen delivery. However,
the heart has intrinsic oxygen demands that must be met to maintain effective contractility …

Oxygen sensing, hypoxia-inducible factors, and disease pathophysiology

GL Semenza - Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are transcriptional activators that function as master
regulators of oxygen homeostasis, which is disrupted in disorders affecting the circulatory …

Activation of the hypoxia‐inducible factor pathway and stimulation of angiogenesis by application of prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors

C Warnecke, W Griethe, A Weidemann… - The FASEB …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Hypoxia‐inducible transcription factors (HIF) mediate complex adaptations to reduced
oxygen supply, including neoangiogenesis. Regulation of HIF occurs mainly through oxygen …

Pharmacologic targeting of hypoxia-inducible factors

GL Semenza - Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) control transcriptional responses to reduced O2 availability.
HIFs are heterodimeric proteins composed of an O2-regulated HIF-α subunit and a …

Hypoxia inducible factor-1 as a target for neurodegenerative diseases

Z Zhang, J Yan, Y Chang… - Current medicinal …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is a transcriptional factor responsible for cellular and
tissue adaption to low oxygen tension. HIF-1, a heterodimer consisting of a constitutively …

Hypoxia-inducible factor signaling in pulmonary hypertension

SS Pullamsetti, A Mamazhakypov… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by pulmonary artery remodeling that can
subsequently culminate in right heart failure and premature death. Emerging evidence …