Serum hypoxia-inducible factors, heat shock proteins, and mitochondrial biomarkers in relation to neurocognitive performance in obstructive sleep apnea: a cross-sectional study.
The authors' results demonstrated complex and important correlations between neurocognitive assessments and mediators of hypoxia, inflammation, protein misfolding, and mitochondrial trafficking, which may serve as biochemical biomarkers of cognitive impairment in OSA.