Erythropoietin (redirected from Erythropoietins)

erythropoietin /eryth·ro·poi·e·tin/ (-poi´e-tin) a glycoprotein hormone secreted by the kidney in the adult and by the liver in the fetus, which acts on stem cells of the bone marrow to stimulate red blood cell production (erythropoiesis).

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recombinant human erythropoietin  (r-HuEPO) epoetin.

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e·ryth·ro·poi·e·tin (-rthr-poi-tn)

n.

1. A glycoprotein hormone that stimulates the production of red blood cells by bone marrow.

2. Epoetin alfa.

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Erythropoietin

A hormone produced by the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells by bone marrow.

Mentioned in: Dialysis, Kidney

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erythropoietin

a glycoprotein hormone secreted mainly by the kidney. A profactor, erythropoietinogen, is first produced in the liver, transferred to the kidney and converted to active erythropoietin in the kidney. The erythropoietin acts on stem cells of the bone marrow to stimulate red blood cell production (erythropoiesis). Called also erythropoietin stimulating factor, erythrogenin.

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recombinant erythropoietin

used to treat dogs and cats with nonregenerative anemia of renal disease; animals develop antibodies to the human product.

erythropoietin stimulating factor

see erythropoietin (above).