ERYTHROPOIETIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does erythropoietin mean? 

• ERYTHROPOIETIN (noun)
  The noun ERYTHROPOIETIN has 1 sense:

1. a glycoprotein secreted by the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells

  Familiarity information: ERYTHROPOIETIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERYTHROPOIETIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A glycoprotein secreted by the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("erythropoietin" is a kind of...):

glycoprotein (a conjugated protein having a carbohydrate component)

 Context examples 

Erythropoietin (Epo) is most commonly known as the cytokine secreted by the kidneys that stimulates red blood cell production and is used as a drug for the treatment of anemias.

(Erythropoietin Neuroprotection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A measurement of the erythropoietin hormone in a biological specimen.

(Erythropoietin Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of erythropoietin hormone present in a sample.

(Erythropoietin Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

Pathogenesis involves immune dysfunction with antibodies directed against erythroid precursor cells or erythropoietin, or due to T-cell mediated suppression of erythropoiesis.

(Acquired pure red cell aplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Erythropoietin receptor (508 aa, 55 kD) is a cell communication process protein that is encoded by the human EPOR gene and has a role in signal transduction.

(Erythropoietin Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

Kidneys remove waste from the blood (as urine), produce erythropoietin (a substance that stimulates red blood cell production), and play a role in blood pressure regulation.

(Kidney, NCI Dictionary)

Iron sucrose can be administered with or without erythropoietin to raise hemoglobin levels and may be used in cases of oral iron therapy intolerance or ineffectiveness.

(Iron Sucrose Injection, NCI Thesaurus)

Short-term hypoxia can also elevate platelet numbers, while prolonged exposure may cause some degree of thrombocytopenia in response to increased levels of erythropoietin (EPO).

(Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The SH2 domain interacts with ligand-activated receptors for stem cell factor and erythropoietin, and facilitates the formation of a stable complex with the BCR-ABL oncoprotein.

(GRB2-Related Adaptor Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Erythropoietin (EPO) is a cytokine produced in the kidneys that, along with other cytokines, induces red blood cell (erythrocyte) differentiation in the bone marrow from CFU-GEMM cells.

(Erythrocyte Differentiation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)