supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (3967087, 81060212, and 81160244);the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (7962009);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (20080430851);the Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China (ZR2010HM029);the Inner Mongolia Science Foundation (2010BS1104)
Hypoxic preconditioning refers to the exposure of organisms, systems, organs, tissues or cells to moderate hypoxia/ischemia that results in increased resistance to a subsequent episode of severe hypoxia/ischemia. In t...