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Erythropoietin

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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).
recombinant human erythropoietin  (r-HuEPO) epoetin.

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.

Erythropoietin
A hormone produced by the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells by bone marrow.
Mentioned in: Dialysis, Kidney

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.

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).

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But one early result suggests that injections of the hormone erythropoietin may relieve anemia's consequences in relatively healthy elderly people.
FG-2216 and FG-4592 have a property to increase the production of endogenous erythropoietin (EPO), a kind of hemopoietic factors.
While Aranesp is longer lasting and approved for more uses than Epogen, competition from a more competitively priced Cera, or, worse, a cheaper generic erythropoietin, could have an impact on its sales, McCamant said.
 
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