Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of pulmonary hypoxia and its health sequelae: proceedings of the first international DECIPHER symposium on pulmonary hypoxia, Iquique, Chile, 16–17 October 2019

Hypoxia is a major threat for the integrity of every cell as well as for the organism as a whole. It is therefore not surprising that regulatory mechanisms have evolved to compensate reduced oxygen supply for more or less limited periods of time. One such mechanism by which the human body compensates phases of reduced ventilation of parts of the lung is hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV). First described in the 1940s by the Swedish...