Comparison of gene expression in whole blood of mice subjected to hypobaric hypoxia at Mt. Everest in vivo.

To determine hypoxia mediated changes in whole blood, normal swiss webster mice were gradually exposed to a chronic hypobaric hypoxic environment up to 8500m, for 2 weeks in vivo. Control, age-matched mice were maintained under normoxic conditions in Kathmandu (c. 1300 mts above sea level).

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