Cycling hypoxia selects for constitutive HIF stabilization
M. Pressley, J. A. Gallaher, J. S. Brown, M. R. Tomaszewski, P. Borad, M. Damaghi, R. J. Gillies, C. J. Whelan
The paper develops a mathematical model showing that rapid oxygen fluctuations favor pseudohypoxia by selecting for constitutive HIF stabilization despite reduced cell fitness.
bioRxiv · Oct 28, 2020Cancer Biology