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ArticleScientific reports2021

Changes in energy metabolism and respiration in different tracheal narrowing in rats.

Yael Segev, Haiat Nujedat, Eden Arazi, Mohammad H Assadi, Ariel Tarasiuk

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Novel murine partial tracheal occlusion model with altered respiratory dynamics.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2025
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5 authors.

Yael SegevShraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O Box 105, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel.
Haiat NujedatShraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O Box 105, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel.
Eden AraziShraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O Box 105, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel.
Mohammad H AssadiSleep-Wake Disorders Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, P.O. Box 151, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel.
Ariel TarasiukSleep-Wake Disorders Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, P.O. Box 151, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel. tarasiuk@bgu.ac.il.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Why obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatment does not completely restore healthy metabolic physiology is unclear. In rats, the need for respiratory homeostasis maintenance following airway obstruction (AO) is associated with a loss of thermoregulation and abnormal metabolic physiology that persists following successful obstruction removal. Here, we explored the effect of two different types of tracheal narrowing, i.e., AO and mild airway obstruction (mAO), and its removal on respiratory homeostasis and metabolic physiology. We show that after ten weeks, mAO vs. AO consumes sufficient energy that is required to maintain respiratory homeostasis and thermoregulation. Obstruction removal was associated with largely irreversible increased feeding associated with elevated serum ghrelin, hypothalamic growth hormone secretagogue receptor 1a, and a phosphorylated Akt/Akt ratio, despite normalization of breathing and energy requirements. Our study supports the need for lifestyle eating behavior management, in addition to endocrine support, in order to attain healthy metabolic physiology in OSA patients.

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Airway ObstructionAnimalsBody Temperature RegulationDisease Models, AnimalEnergy MetabolismGhrelinHomeostasisMaleProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, GhrelinRespiratory RateSleep Apnea, ObstructiveTracheaGhrelinProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktReceptors, Ghrelin

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PMID34580405
PMCPMC8476542

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