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Bartz and Piantadosi Critical Care 2010,14:234 /content/14/5/234 RE VIE W Clinical review: Oxygen as a signaling molecule Raquel R Bartz * and Claude A Piantadosi 1,2 1,2,3 therefore a sink for the capture of energy for intracellular Abstract us e reactivity of O , however, also has a cost; O is a 2 2 Molecular oxygen is obviously essential for conserving energy in a form useable for aerobic life; however, its utilization come