The TCM views the inhospitable high-altitude environment, marked by low atmospheric pressure, oxygen scarcity, and coldness, as environmental factors that can cause diseases. When the human body is exposed to such an environment and its self-regulatory capacity proves insufficient (e.g., weak cardiopulmonary function or low metabolic efficiency), oxygen delivery is obstructed, and energy metabolism becomes abnormal
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Although briefly outlined here, the details of the significance of glutamine metabolism in cancer are covered in the Metabolic Alterations Associated with Cancer page
Salidroside protects against cardiomyocyte apoptosis and ventricular remodeling by AKT/HO-1 signaling pathways in a diabetic cardiomyopathy mouse model