It is generally accepted that renal hypoxia plays an important role in the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). This review focuses on renal hypoxia and hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), a master regulator of cellular adaptation to hypoxia, during CKD progression. The kidney, which is physiologically hypoxic, is exposed to increased levels of hypoxia in CKD; insufficient oxygenation in th...

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Almost uniquely in pharmacology, drug safety assessment is driven by the need for elaboration and validation of methods for detecting drug actions. This is the 9th consecutive year that the Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods (JPTM) has published themed issues arising from the annual meeting of the Safety Pharmacology Society (SPS). The SPS is now past its 10th year as a distin...

Most cells produce ATP in the mitochondria by oxidative phosphorylation. However, macrophages, which are major players in the innate immune system, use aerobic glycolysis to produce ATP. HIF-1 (hypoxia-inducible factor-1) regulates expression of glycolysis-related genes and maintains macrophage glycolytic activity. However, it is unclear how HIF-1 activity is maintained in macrophages during no...