Hypoxia, HIF-1α, and COVID-19: from pathogenic factors to potential therapeutic targets

ZO Serebrovska, EY Chong, TV Serebrovska… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2020 - nature.com
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its pathogen, severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have become the greatest current threat …

Targeting hypoxia-inducible factors: therapeutic opportunities and challenges

X Yuan, W Ruan, B Bobrow, P Carmeliet… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2024 - nature.com
Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are highly conserved transcription factors that are crucial for
adaptation of metazoans to limited oxygen availability. Recently, HIF activation and …

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 …

Inhibition of hypoxia inducible factor hydroxylases protects against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury

P Hill, D Shukla, MGB Tran, J Aragones… - Journal of the …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Acute renal failure resulting from hypoperfusion and hypoxia is a significant clinical problem.
Hypoxia activates the heterodimeric transcription factor hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) …

Hypoxia, hypoxia-inducible factors (HIF), HIF hydroxylases and oxygen sensing

JD Webb, ML Coleman, CW Pugh - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2009 - Springer
This article outlines the need for a homeostatic response to alterations in cellular
oxygenation. It describes work on erythropoietin control that led to the discovery of the …

HIF-1 reduces ischaemia–reperfusion injury in the heart by targeting the mitochondrial permeability transition pore

SG Ong, WH Lee, L Theodorou, K Kodo… - Cardiovascular …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Aims Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) has been reported to promote tolerance
against acute myocardial ischaemia–reperfusion injury (IRI). However, the mechanism …

Role of hypoxia-inducible factor in cell survival during myocardial ischemia–reperfusion

G Loor, PT Schumacker - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2008 - nature.com
Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) is the principal transcription factor involved in the regulation of
transcriptional responses to hypoxia. During hypoxia, HIF-α levels accumulate and trigger …

Intermittent hypoxia promotes hippocampal neurogenesis and produces antidepressant-like effects in adult rats

XH Zhu, HC Yan, J Zhang, HD Qu, XS Qiu… - Journal of …, 2010 - Soc Neuroscience
Increasing evidence indicates that stimulating hippocampal neurogenesis could provide
novel avenues for the treatment of depression, and recent studies have shown that in vitro …

HIF hydroxylase pathways in cardiovascular physiology and medicine

T Bishop, PJ Ratcliffe - Circulation research, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Hypoxia inducible factors (HIFs) are α/β heterodimeric transcription factors that direct
multiple cellular and systemic responses in response to changes in oxygen availability. The …

Hypoxia inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) and cardioprotection

D Tekin, AD Dursun, L Xi - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2010 - nature.com
Since its discovery in early 1990s, hypoxia inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) has been increasingly
recognized for its key role in transcriptional control of more than a hundred genes that …