Review Article
Pathogenic Roles of the Carotid Body Inflammation in Sleep Apnea
Table 1
A summary of main findings in literatures reporting the expression of cytokines and cytokine receptors in the carotid body of rodents, cats, and humans; also changes in the expression level under hypoxic conditions, namely, sustained hypoxia (SH) or intermittent hypoxia (IH) are shown.
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Techniques involved in the study—IA, immunoassay; IHC, immunohistochemistry; MA, microarray; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; WB, western blot; +, increased expression. |