Rote Blutkörperchen nehmen in großer Höhe Zucker auf und schützen so vor Diabetes | „Als wir den Mäusen unter Hypoxie Zucker gaben, verschwand dieser fast augenblicklich aus ihrem Blutkreislauf.“

This is a mechanism I had no idea existed. I still have to properly read and digest the discussion but I wonder if this phenomena contributes to the cachexia that often develops in some people with end-stage COPD.
Also wondering if this open the door to additional treatment options for acute DKA/HHS, and even whether transient hyperoxia is *even worse* for diabetics than it is for others.

This is really cool. Thanks for sharing!

>The researchers showed how, in low-oxygen conditions, glucose is used by red blood cells to produce a molecule that helps cells release oxygen to tissues—something that’s needed in excess when oxygen is scarce.

Paper is here and is open access if anyone wants to go directly to it:

https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(26)00018-5

As I was reading the introduction I got excited because I thought that they might use an outbred mouse model here:

>For example, high-altitude-adapted deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) exhibit enhanced glucose disposal compared with their low-altitude counterparts.13

But, it looks like they went with inbred mice; the old standard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C57BL/6

>Male C57BL/6J (#000664) mice (8-11 weeks old) from The Jackson Laboratory were used for all animal experiments.

Also, just males. Would have liked to see inclusion of females given the subtle sex differences in type 1 and 2 DM and given that we can’t infer anything about physiology in females from that in males. 

Although it’s still very interesting work indeed. Thanks again!