Hypoxia-related gene expression in porcine skeletal muscle tissues at different altitude
“Hypoxia-related gene expression in porcine skeletal muscle tissues at different altitude”, vol. 14, pp. 11587-11593, 2015.
, Hypoxia influences many physiological processes, such as respiration, cardiovascular, neurophysiology, and digestion. Skeletal muscle is an important motor organ, which relies on oxygen of oxidation; however, the study of hypoxia in skeletal muscle is lacking. In order to understand the effect of hypoxia on skeletal muscle, we determined the expression level of four hypoxia-related genes (ADAM17, ARG2, MMP, and HIF1A) in two distinct skeletal muscle tissues from Tibetan pigs that live at different altitudes (500 and 3650 m).