FIGURE 1.
Scheme of HIF-mediated regulation of adaptive cell reactions. AKT1, the serine-threonine protein kinase AKT1; Bax, apoptosis regulator protein, also known as bcl-2-like protein 4; BNIP3, a member of the apoptotic Bcl-2 protein family; EPO, erythropoietin; GLUT-1, facultative glucose transporter 1; HIF, hypoxia-inducible factor; MCT4, monocarboxylate transporter 4; p53, pro-apoptotic transcription factor; PI3K, phosphoinositide 3-kinase; PHD, HIF prolyl hydroxylase; Ub, ubiquitin; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; VHL, von Hippel–Lindau protein; vWF, von Willebrand factor.