PMID- 16144690 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060714 LR - 20161124 IS - 1084-9521 (Print) IS - 1084-9521 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 4-5 DP - 2005 Aug-Oct TI - Neuroprotection by hypoxic preconditioning: HIF-1 and erythropoietin protect from retinal degeneration. PG - 531-8 AB - Hypoxic exposure of cells or organisms induces expression of a number of hypoxia responsive genes through the activation of the hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1). One of the most prominent HIF-1 targets is erythropoietin that has beneficial effects on ischemia-related injury in the brain. Exposure to low environmental oxygen concentrations can be used as a preconditioning paradigm to protect cells or tissues against a variety of harmful conditions. Here, we summarize recent work on neuroprotection of retinal photoreceptors and ganglion cells induced by hypoxic preconditioning or by systemically elevated levels of Epo in mouse plasma. FAU - Grimm, C AU - Grimm C AD - Laboratory of Retinal Cell Biology, University Eye Hospital Zurich, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland. cgrimm@opht.unizh.ch FAU - Hermann, D M AU - Hermann DM FAU - Bogdanova, A AU - Bogdanova A FAU - Hotop, S AU - Hotop S FAU - Kilic, U AU - Kilic U FAU - Wenzel, A AU - Wenzel A FAU - Kilic, E AU - Kilic E FAU - Gassmann, M AU - Gassmann M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20050418 PL - England TA - Semin Cell Dev Biol JT - Seminars in cell & developmental biology JID - 9607332 RN - 11096-26-7 (Erythropoietin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Erythropoietin/biosynthesis/genetics/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia/*metabolism/pathology/physiopathology MH - Retinal Degeneration/*metabolism/pathology/*prevention & control MH - Retinal Ganglion Cells/metabolism/pathology RF - 55 EDAT- 2005/09/08 09:00 MHDA- 2006/07/15 09:00 CRDT- 2005/09/08 09:00 PHST- 2005/09/08 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/07/15 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/09/08 09:00 [entrez] AID - S1084-9521(05)00056-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.semcdb.2005.03.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2005 Aug-Oct;16(4-5):531-8. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2005.03.004. Epub 2005 Apr 18.