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Oscullo G, Gomez-Olivas JD, Martínez-García MÁ. Refractory hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea: a novel relationship. Sleep Breath 2023; 27:2079-2081. [PMID: 37392325 DOI: 10.1007/s11325-023-02864-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 07/03/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Grace Oscullo
- Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Y Politécnico La Fe, Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell 2026, Valencia, Spain
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- Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Y Politécnico La Fe, Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell 2026, Valencia, Spain
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- Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Y Politécnico La Fe, Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell 2026, Valencia, Spain.
- CIBERES de Enfermedades Respiratorias, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain.
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Oscullo G, Gomez-Olivas JD, Martínez-García MÁ. Sleep apnoea, intermittent hypoxia and cutaneous melanoma incidence and aggressiveness. More than a coincidence? Sleep Med 2023; 108:8-10. [PMID: 37302169 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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- Grace Oscullo
- Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain; CIBERES de Enfermedades Respiratorias, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain.
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Sánchez-de-la-Torre M, Cubillos C, Veatch OJ, Garcia-Rio F, Gozal D, Martinez-Garcia MA. Potential Pathophysiological Pathways in the Complex Relationships between OSA and Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:1061. [PMID: 36831404 PMCID: PMC9953831 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15041061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Several epidemiological and clinical studies have suggested a relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and a higher incidence or severity of cancer. This relationship appears to be dependent on a myriad of factors. These include non-modifiable factors, such as age and gender; and modifiable or preventable factors, such as specific comorbidities (especially obesity), the use of particular treatments, and, above all, the histological type or location of the cancer. Heterogeneity in the relationship between OSA and cancer is also related to the influences of intermittent hypoxemia (a hallmark feature of OSA), among others, on metabolism and the microenvironment of different types of tumoral cells. The hypoxia inducible transcription factor (HIF-1α), a molecule activated and expressed in situations of hypoxemia, seems to be key to enabling a variety of pathophysiological mechanisms that are becoming increasingly better recognized. These mechanisms appear to be operationally involved via alterations in different cellular functions (mainly involving the immune system) and molecular functions, and by inducing modifications in the microbiome. This, in turn, may individually or collectively increase the risk of cancer, which is then, further modulated by the genetic susceptibility of the individual. Here, we provide an updated and brief review of the different pathophysiological pathways that have been identified and could explain the relationship between OSA and cancer. We also identify future challenges that need to be overcome in this intriguing field of research.
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- Manuel Sánchez-de-la-Torre
- Group of Precision Medicine in Chronic Diseases, Respiratory Department, University Hospital Arnau de Vilanova and Santa María, Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, IRBLleida, University of Lleida, 25003 Lleida, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Group of Respiratory Diseases, Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz-IdiPAZ, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66103, USA
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Group of Respiratory Diseases, Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz-IdiPAZ, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Child Health and Child Health Research Institute, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO 65212, USA
- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO 65212, USA
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Respiratory Department, University and Polytechnic La Fe Hospital, 46026 Valencia, Spain
- Pneumology Department, University and Polytechnic La Fe Hospital, 46012 Valencia, Spain
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Martinez-Garcia MA, Sánchez-de-la-Torre M, White DP, Azarbarzin A. Hypoxic Burden in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Present and Future. Arch Bronconeumol 2023; 59:36-43. [PMID: 36115739 DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2022.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Conventional measures of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity, such as the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and oxygen desaturation index (ODI) are commonly used to quantify OSA severity and guide therapeutical decision-making processes. However, it is widely recognized that both AHI and ODI have important limitations and novel physiologically-informed metrics are needed to better capture the severity of OSA and characterize its physiological consequences, particularly the severity of recurrent nocturnal hypoxemia, ensuing the respiratory events. According to recent studies, the sleep apnea-specific "hypoxic burden (HB)", defined as the sum of individual areas under the oxygen desaturation curve, has shown some promise in identifying high risk individuals with OSA. In addition to the frequency of respiratory events, HB capture the depth and duration of OSA-related hypoxemia that may prove to be important disease characterizing features, not captured by the conventional "frequency-based" metrics, such as AHI and ODI. In this "perspective" paper the methods to quantify the HB, its characteristics, associations with health outcomes, and its limitations will be discussed.
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- Miguel A Martinez-Garcia
- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain; Precision Medicine in Chronic Diseases, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova-Santa Maria, IRB Lleida, Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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Pengo MF, Gozal D, Martinez-Garcia MA. Should we treat with continuous positive airway pressure severe non-sleepy obstructive sleep apnea individuals without underlying cardiovascular disease? Sleep 2022; 45:6677982. [PMID: 36029295 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsac208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The majority of the current international obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) guidelines base the recommendation to treat OSA with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on the presence of symptoms (principally, albeit not exclusively on daytime hypersomnolence). In nonsleepy patients, even with severe OSA, controversies remain, as clear evidence supporting CPAP treatment of this subgroup of OSA patients is lacking. However, given the nonnegligible proportion of non-sleepy OSA patients, clinicians often face a serious dilemma since CPAP treatment in these patients may prove to be not cost-effective. Here, we propose a simple three-step-based algorithm that attempts to better phenotype non-sleepy OSA patients prior to reaching a CPAP treatment decision while also considering a series of clinically relevant elements in the process that may improve with CPAP therapy. Such algorithm focuses on the presence of several OSA symptoms that are susceptible to benefit from treatment and also relies on OSA phenotypes that need to be considered in an effort to achieve optimal cardiovascular prevention. Here, we attempt to establish a framework for clinicians who are evaluating severe nonsleepy OSA patients in their practices. However, the algorithm proposal needs to be extensively validated before being systematically implemented in clinical settings.
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- Department of Child Health and Child Health Research Institute, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA.,Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Hypoxic Burden in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Present and Future. Arch Bronconeumol 2022:S0300-2896(22)00524-5. [PMID: 36127216 DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2022.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Conventional measures of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity, such as the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and oxygen desaturation index (ODI) are commonly used to quantify OSA severity and guide therapeutical decision-making processes. However, it is widely recognized that both AHI and ODI have important limitations and novel physiologically informed metrics are needed to better capture the severity of OSA and characterize its physiological consequences, particularly the severity of recurrent nocturnal hypoxemia, ensuing the respiratory events. According to recent studies, the sleep apnea-specific "Hypoxic Burden (HB)", defined as the sum of individual areas under the oxygen desaturation curve, has shown some promise in identifying high risk individuals with OSA. In addition to the frequency of respiratory events, HB capture the depth and duration of OSA-related hypoxemia that may prove to be important disease characterizing features, not captured by the conventional "frequency-based" metrics, such as AHI and ODI. In this "Perspective" paper the methods to quantify the HB, its characteristics, associations with health outcomes, and its limitations will be discussed.
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Martinez-Garcia MA, Oscullo G, Gomez-Olivas JD. Representativeness of randomized controlled trials participants on the effect of continuous positive airway pressure on cardiovascular outcomes: caution is needed. Sleep 2022; 45:6510875. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsac021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Miguel Angel Martinez-Garcia
- Pneumology Department, University and Polytechnic la Fe Hospital, Valencia, Spain
- CIBERES in Pulmonary Diseases, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Pneumology Department, University and Polytechnic la Fe Hospital, Valencia, Spain
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