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. 2008 May 15;111(10):4831–4832. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-02-140947

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In hypoxic rodent lungs, H2O2 is generated in RBCs by auto-oxidation of membrane-bound Hb and is exported to microvascular endothelial cells. This triggers increased cytosolic calcium, translocation of P-selectin to the EC plasma membrane, and leukocyte adhesion in venules and septal capillaries. Illustration by Diana Lim.