Le xénon : du gaz rare au produit dopant [Xenon: From rare gaz to doping product]

Camille Tassel (1) , Brendan Le Daré (1) , Isabelle Morel (2) , Thomas Gicquel (2, 1)

1 CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes]
2 Foie, métabolismes et cancer

Doping is defined as the use of processes or substances to artificially increase physical or mental performance. Xenon is a noble gas used as an anesthetic and recently as a doping agent. Xenon is neuroprotective as an antagonist of NMDA glutamate receptors. Xenon stimulates the synthesis of erythropoietin (EPO) by increase of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF). Xenon would be a new doping product, maintaining doping methods ahead of detection

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]

Camille Tassel, Brendan Le Daré, Isabelle Morel, Thomas Gicquel. Le xénon : du gaz rare au produit dopant [Xenon: From rare gaz to doping product]. La Presse Médicale, 2016, 45 (4 part 1), pp.422-430. ⟨10.1016/j.lpm.2016.01.025⟩. ⟨hal-01286359⟩