The double-edged sword of intermittent hypoxia—can intermittent hypoxia be both deleterious and protective in OSA? Focus on “Frequency and magnitude of intermittent hypoxia modulate endothelial wound healing in a cell culture model of sleep apnea”
Author(s) -
Lena Lavie,
Peretz Lavie
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of applied physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.253
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 8750-7587
pISSN - 1522-1601
DOI - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00630.2017
Subject(s) - intermittent hypoxia , hypoxia (environmental) , obstructive sleep apnea , sleep apnea , medicine , endothelial dysfunction , inflammation , wound healing , systemic inflammation , bioinformatics , cardiology , immunology , biology , chemistry , organic chemistry , oxygen
whether intermittent hypoxia (IH)—the hallmark of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)—is detrimental, protective, or both, is a fundamental question. The literature associating OSA with cardiovascular and other comorbidities is overwhelming, yet it is not clear whether IH also exerts protective
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