HIF-1 alpha Antibody

Hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF-1 alpha) functions as a master transcriptional regulator of the adaptive response to hypoxia. Under hypoxic conditions, HIF-1 alpha activates the transcription of over 40 genes, including, erythropoietin, glucose transporters, glycolytic enzymes, vascular endothelial growth factor, and other genes whose protein products increase oxygen delivery or facilitate metabolic adaptation to hypoxia. HIF-1 alpha plays an essential role in embryonic vascularization, tumor angiogenesis and pathophysiology of ischemic disease. HIF-1 alpha binds to core DNA sequence 5'-[AG]CGTG-3' within the hypoxia response element (HRE) of target gene promoters.