title: Chairman's summary: mechanisms of oxygen homeostasis, circa 1999.
abstract: Oxygen sensing is a fundamental physiologic requirement of all living organisms and all cells within the human body. This paper presents a brief summary of recent investigations into the molecular mechanisms underlying oxygen sensing and adaptive responses to hypoxia, with particular reference to other papers in this volume.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Semenza
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002628:Chemoreceptor Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology; D008954:Models, Biological; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen