Acknowledgements This work was supported by the National Key New Drug Innovation Program, the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No: 2009ZXJ09004-070) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No: 81070145).
Aim: Downregulation of androgen biosynthesis genes StAR (steroidogenic acute regulatory) and 3β-HSD (3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase) contributes to low testosterone levels in hypoxic mice and is possibly relat...