Although histology samples did not show any differences in the inflammatory status of patients with IBD prior to or after hypoxia, immunostaining for p62 of distal colon sections showed a trend towards reduced protein levels of p62 1 week after hypoxia in HV and patients with CD, indicating a hypoxia-mediated increase in autophagy flux (Fig. 1g , arrowheads ).
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Hypoxia ameliorates intestinal inflammation through NLRP3/mTOR downregulation and autophagy activation.
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Although not significant, our results also show a clear trend towards an increase in the mRNA levels of Lc3 under hypoxia (Fig. 3g ).