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ERYTHROPOIETIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A glycoprotein secreted by the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("erythropoietin" is a kind of...):
glycoprotein (a conjugated protein having a carbohydrate component)
Context examples:
When erythropoietin is made in the laboratory, it is called epoetin alfa or epoetin beta.
(Erythropoietin, NCI Dictionary)
It is a type of antianemic and a type of recombinant human erythropoietin.
(Epoetin alfa, NCI Dictionary)
This allele, which encodes erythropoietin protein, plays a role in erythroid differentiation and in the initiation of hemoglobin synthesis.
(EPO wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Due to the addition of two carbohydrate chains, darbepoetin alfa exhibits a three-fold greater half-life than does erythropoietin.
(Darbepoetin alfa, NCI Thesaurus)
A recombinant therapeutic agent which is chemically identical to or similar to the endogenous cytokine human erythropoietin (EPO).
(Epoetin alfa, NCI Thesaurus)
Erythropoietin functions to increase the number of red blood cells.
(EPO Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
A recombinant therapeutic agent that is chemically identical to or similar to the endogenous cytokine human erythropoietin (EPO).
(Epoetin beta, NCI Thesaurus)
Similar to EPO, epoetin zeta binds to and activates erythropoietin receptors on the surface of committed erythroid progenitors in the bone marrow resulting in their proliferation and differentiation into functional erythrocytes.
(Epoetin Zeta, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes erythropoietin receptor protein, is involved in the activation of several different intracellular pathways including: Ras/MAP kinase, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and STAT transcription factors.
(EPOR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Furthermore, this agent also stimulates erythropoietin production by enhancing the production of erythropoietic stimulating factors.
(Nandrolone Decanoate, NCI Thesaurus)
