• The "ON-OFF" Switching Response of Reactive Oxygen Species in Acute Normobaric Hypoxia: Preliminary OutcomePeer reviewedOpen access 

      16 février 2023, BALESTRA, Costantino; Mrakic-Sposta, Simona; Gussoni, Maristella; Marzorati, Mauro; Porcelli, Simone; Bosco, Gerardo; Montorsi, Michela; Lafortuna, Claudio; Vezzoli, Alessandra, HE Bruxelles Brabant
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      Exposure to acute normobaric hypoxia (NH) elicits reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation, whose production kinetics and oxidative damage were here investigated. Nine subjects were monitored while breathing an NH mixture (0.125 F(I)O(2) in air, about 4100 m) and during recovery with room air. ROS production was assessed by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance in capillary blood. Total antioxidant ...
    • Oxygen Variations-Insights into Hypoxia, Hyperoxia and Hyperbaric Hyperoxia - Is the Dose the Clue?Peer reviewedOpen access 

      20 septembre 2023, BALESTRA, Costantino; Mrakic-Sposta, Simona; Virgili, Fabio, HE Bruxelles Brabant
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      on, nitrogen and hydrogen); aerobic organisms depend on it to release energy from carbon-based molecules. The concentration of oxygen in the atmosphere is ~20.93–20.95% (209–460 ppm), but this has fluctuated markedly throughout geological history. It stabilized within a habitable range, between ~15% and 35%, which has been maintained from the Cambrian period 540 million years ago until today [1]. The ...