• EPR spectroscopic evidence of iron-catalysed free radical formation in chronic mountain sickness : dietary causes and vascualr consequences 

      Bailey, Damian M; Culcasi, Marcel; Filipponi, Teresa; Brugniaux, Julien V; Stacy, Benjamin S; Marley, Chistopher J; Soria, Rodrigo; Rimoldi, Stefano F; Cerny, David; Rexhaj, Emrush; Pratali, Lorenza; Salinas Salmón, Carlos; Murillo Jáuregui, Carla; Villena, Mercedes; Villafuerte, Francisco; Rockenbauer, Antal; Pietri, Sylvia; Scherrer, Urs; Sartori, Claudio (Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2022)
      Abstract Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is a high-altitude (HA) maladaptation syndrome characterised by elevated systemic oxidative-nitrosative stress (OXNOS) due to a free radical-mediated reduction in vascular nitric ...
    • Exaggerated pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular dysfunction in high-altitude dwellers with patent foramen ovale 

      Brenner, Roman; Pratali, Lorenza; Rimoldi, Stefano F; Murillo Jauregui,Carla Ximena; Soria, Rodrigo; Rexhaj, Emrush; Salinas Salmón, Carlos; Villena, Mercedes; Romero, Catherine; Sartori, Claudio; Allemann, Yves; Scherrer, Urs (Chest, 2015)
      There is considerable interindividual variability in pulmonary artery pressure among high-altitude (HA) dwellers, but the underlying mechanism is not known. At low altitude, a patent foramen ovale (PFO) is present in about ...
    • Exaggerated systemic oxidative-inflammatory-nitrosative stress in chronic mountain sIckness is associated with cognitive decline and depression 

      Bailey, Damian M; Brugniaux, Julien V; Filipponi, Teresa; Marley, Christopher J; Stacey, Benjamin; Soria, Rodrigo; Rimoldi, Stefano F; Cerny, David; Rexhaj, Emrush; Pratali, Lorenza; Salinas Salmón, Carlos; Murillo Jáuregui, Carla; Villena, Mercedes; Smirl, Jonathan D; Ogoh, Shigehiko; Pietri, Sylvia; Scherrer, Urs; Sartori, Claudio (J Physiol, 2019)
      Abstract. Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is a maladaptation syndrome encountered at high altitude (HA) characterised by severe hypoxaemia that carries a higher risk of stroke and migraine and is associated with increased ...
    • Sleep-disordered breathing and vascular function in patients with chronic mountain sickness and healthy high-altitude dwellers 

      Rexhaj, Emrush; Rimoldi, Stefano F; Pratali, Lorenza; Brenner, Roman; Andries, Daniela; Soria, Rodrigo; Salinas Salmón, Carlos; Villena, Mercedes; Romero, Catherine; Allemann, Yves; Lovis, Alban; Heinzer, Raphaël; Sartori, Claudio; Scherrer, Urs (CHEST, 2016-11-05)
      BACKGROUND: Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is often associated with vascular dysfunction, but the underlying mechanism is unknown. Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) frequently occurs at high altitude. At low altitude, ...