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Hypoxic

Definition

adjective

(environment) Partial lack or oxygen.

(pathology) Pertaining to or suffering from hypoxia.


Supplement

Dead zones, as example, are hypoxic (low-oxygen) areas in the world's oceans.


Compare: oxic, anoxic, hyperoxic.
See also: hypoxia, compensatory polycythemia.


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Potential relationship between non-enzymatic antioxidants

... content as measured by radioimmunoassay (RIA) and high performance liquid chromatography-electrochemical detection (HPLC-ECD) respectively. Hypoxic culture conditions and low (1-10 mM) concentrations of sodium ascorbate augmented the production of oxytocin from Leydig cells in culture. Higher ...

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by ianjager
Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:08 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Potential relationship between non-enzymatic antioxidants
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What is cancer?(in genral)

... detected and cleared by our immune system... the reason why the vast majority of tumours never grow beyond microscopic is that they are severely hypoxic and in order to grow futher the need to induce our bodies to supply the tumour with blood... this is very hard to do for a tumour to induce ...

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by Revenged
Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:34 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is cancer?(in genral)
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muscle growth

... cells do repair and "over repair" thus causing an increase in muscle size. Muscle size is also inhanced by increased contracture. Hypoxic conditions in the muscle cells increase lactic acid which also stimulates the increased production of human growth hormone (HGH). The Japanese ...

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by Doc44
Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:22 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: muscle growth
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Views: 1165

Desferal - Intramuscular Administrations??

Hi all I would like to know if anyone has ever worked with Desferrioxamine (=desferal, DFO, DFX). Under hypoxic conditions, this substance activates HIF-1 and so EPO is produced. The thing is that we have to inject genetically engineered C2C12 myoblasts treated with desferal ...

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by Ainhoa M
Tue Jan 31, 2006 9:14 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Desferal - Intramuscular Administrations??
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Views: 535

Senescence & Cancer

... angiopoietins, PDGF etc etc). And thirdly using bacteria to eat cancer is something that's actively researched at the moment since tumours are hypoxic and certain bacteria grow better in hypoxic conditions providing the researcher with a natural targeting mechanism. I think this clarifies some ...

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by weesper
Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:12 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Senescence & Cancer
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