Metabolic basis to Sherpa altitude adaptation
dc.contributor.author | Horscroft, JA | |
dc.contributor.author | Kotwica, AO | |
dc.contributor.author | Laner, V | |
dc.contributor.author | West, JA | |
dc.contributor.author | Hennis, PJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Levett, DZH | |
dc.contributor.author | Howard, DJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Fernandez, BO | |
dc.contributor.author | Burgess, SL | |
dc.contributor.author | Ament, Z | |
dc.contributor.author | Gilbert-Kawai, ET | |
dc.contributor.author | Vercueil, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Landis, BD | |
dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, Kay | |
dc.contributor.author | Mythen, MG | |
dc.contributor.author | Branco, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Johnson, Randall | |
dc.contributor.author | Feelisch, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Montgomery, HE | |
dc.contributor.author | Griffin, JL | |
dc.contributor.author | Grocott, MPW | |
dc.contributor.author | Gnaiger, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Martin, Daniel | |
dc.contributor.author | Murray, AJ | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-20T12:21:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-20T12:21:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-06-13 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0027-8424 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1091-6490 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/16404 | |
dc.description.abstract |
<jats:title>Significance</jats:title> <jats:p>A relative fall in tissue oxygen levels (hypoxia) is a common feature of many human diseases, including heart failure, lung diseases, anemia, and many cancers, and can compromise normal cellular function. Hypoxia also occurs in healthy humans at high altitude due to low barometric pressures. Human populations resident at high altitude in the Himalayas have evolved mechanisms that allow them to survive and perform, including adaptations that preserve oxygen delivery to the tissues. Here, we studied one such population, the Sherpas, and found metabolic adaptations, underpinned by genetic differences, that allow their tissues to use oxygen more efficiently, thereby conserving muscle energy levels at high altitude, and possibly contributing to the superior performance of elite climbing Sherpas at extreme altitudes.</jats:p> | |
dc.format.extent | 6382-6387 | |
dc.format.medium | Print-Electronic | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | |
dc.subject | metabolism | |
dc.subject | altitude | |
dc.subject | skeletal muscle | |
dc.subject | hypoxia | |
dc.subject | mitochondria | |
dc.title | Metabolic basis to Sherpa altitude adaptation | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dc.type | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | |
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plymouth.issue | 24 | |
plymouth.volume | 114 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
plymouth.journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1073/pnas.1700527114 | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Health | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Health/Peninsula Medical School | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA01 Clinical Medicine | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Academics | |
dc.publisher.place | United States | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1091-6490 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1073/pnas.1700527114 | |
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rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review |