Oxidative stress caused by acute and chronic exposition to altitude

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 155, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 136-142

  Földes Papp, Zeno ^a   Domej, Wolfgang ^a   Demel, Ulrike ^a   Tilz, Gernot P ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptation to altitude; Exposition to altitude; Hypoxia; Medical problems associated with altitude; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOXANTHINE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; OXIDIZING AGENT; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; SUPEROXIDE; XANTHINE;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHINA; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME MECHANISM; EPIGENETICS; ETHIOPIA; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; STEADY STATE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ANTIOXIDANTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RATS; SUPEROXIDES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 19444377861     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-005-019-3     Document Type: Article

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