Sentences with phrase «hypoxia triggers»
«This follicular hypoxia triggers a cascade of biochemical changes in the cumulus cells.
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Now we know that changes in RNA of the cumulus cells triggered by aging - induced hypoxia, are the key messengers.
When blood flow and oxygen levels are low, a transcription factor called hypoxia - inducible factor (HIF) triggers the production of a chemical called VEGF.
«Significant impacts to the lake could result from incidental or accidental spills from 5,100 ships passing through every year; invasive species brought by transoceanic ships, which could threaten the extinction of aquatic plants and fish, such as the cichlids that have been evolving since the lake's formation; and frequent dredging, impacting aquatic life through alterations in turbidity and hypoxia, triggered by resuspension of nutrients and organic matter that exert a relatively high biochemical oxygen demand.»
«In a young, healthy individual, hypoxia — low oxygen levels — triggers the body to make factors that help coordinate the growth of new blood vessels but this process doesn't work as well as we age,» says Gregg Semenza, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pediatrics and genetic medicine and director of the vascular biology program at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Cell Engineering.