Does high-altitude ancestry protect against hypoxia-associated reductions in fetal growth?
Andean relative to European ancestry protects against altitude-associated reductions in fetal growth. The intermediate protection seen in the admixed (Mestizo) group is consistent with the influence of genetic or other Andean-specific protective characteristics.
The potentiation of apoptosis by p38 inhibition points to this kinase as a possible target for the treatment of androgen-dependent prostatic cancer.