Erythropoietin

"Erythropoietin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Glycoprotein hormone, secreted chiefly by the KIDNEY in the adult and the LIVER in the FETUS, that acts on erythroid stem cells of the BONE MARROW to stimulate proliferation and differentiation.

Descriptor ID	D004921
MeSH Number(s)	D12.644.276.374.410.240.150 D12.776.395.240.150 D12.776.467.374.410.240.150 D23.529.374.410.240.150
Concept/Terms	Erythropoietin Erythropoietin

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Erythropoietin".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Peptides [D12.644]
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins [D12.644.276]
Cytokines [D12.644.276.374]
Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors [D12.644.276.374.410]
Colony-Stimulating Factors [D12.644.276.374.410.240]
Erythropoietin [D12.644.276.374.410.240.150]
Proteins [D12.776]
Glycoproteins [D12.776.395]
Colony-Stimulating Factors [D12.776.395.240]
Erythropoietin [D12.776.395.240.150]
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins [D12.776.467]
Cytokines [D12.776.467.374]
Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors [D12.776.467.374.410]
Colony-Stimulating Factors [D12.776.467.374.410.240]
Erythropoietin [D12.776.467.374.410.240.150]
Biological Factors [D23]
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins [D23.529]
Cytokines [D23.529.374]
Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors [D23.529.374.410]
Colony-Stimulating Factors [D23.529.374.410.240]
Erythropoietin [D23.529.374.410.240.150]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Erythropoietin".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Erythropoietin".

Erythropoietin
Epoetin Alfa

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Erythropoietin" by people in this website by year, and whether "Erythropoietin" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 37 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2008

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	2	3
1999	1	1	2
2002	1	0	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	0	1	1
2005	2	0	2
2006	2	0	2
2007	4	1	5
2008	4	2	6
2009	1	0	1
2010	2	1	3
2012	1	0	1
2013	1	1	2
2014	1	2	3
2016	1	0	1
2019	0	1	1
2022	1	0	1
2024	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Erythropoietin" by people in Profiles.

Levy AT, Weingarten SJ, Robinson K, Suner T, McLaren RA, Saad A, Al-Kouatly HB. Recombinant erythropoietin for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy: A systematic review. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2025 Jan; 168(1):35-42.

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Narasimhan B, Aggarwal D, Satish P, Kantharia B, Aronow WS. Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome: pathophysiology, management, and experimental therapies. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2022 Oct; 31(10):1017-1025.

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Parrow NL, Li Y, Feola M, Guerra A, Casu C, Prasad P, Mammen L, Ali F, Vaicikauskas E, Rivella S, Ginzburg YZ, Fleming RE. Lobe specificity of iron binding to transferrin modulates murine erythropoiesis and iron homeostasis. Blood. 2019 10 24; 134(17):1373-1384.

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Frey H, Moreth K, Hsieh LT, Zeng-Brouwers J, Rathkolb B, Fuchs H, Gailus-Durner V, Iozzo RV, de Angelis MH, Schaefer L. A novel biological function of soluble biglycan: Induction of erythropoietin production and polycythemia. Glycoconj J. 2017 06; 34(3):393-404.

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Bennett JL, Nickerson M, Costello F, Sergott RC, Calkwood JC, Galetta SL, Balcer LJ, Markowitz CE, Vartanian T, Morrow M, Moster ML, Taylor AW, Pace TW, Frohman T, Frohman EM. Re-evaluating the treatment of acute optic neuritis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2015 Jul; 86(7):799-808.

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Rose PG, Java JJ, Whitney CW, Stehman FB, Lanciano R, Thomas GM. Locally advanced adenocarcinoma and adenosquamous carcinomas of the cervix compared to squamous cell carcinomas of the cervix in gynecologic oncology group trials of cisplatin-based chemoradiation. Gynecol Oncol. 2014 Nov; 135(2):208-12.

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Pulte ED, McKenzie SE, Caro J, Ballas SK. Erythropoietin levels in patients with sickle cell disease do not correlate with known inducers of erythropoietin. Hemoglobin. 2014; 38(6):385-9.

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Hill JW, Shreay S, McGarvey N, De AP, Hess GP, Corey-Lisle PK. Synchronization of administrations of chemotherapy and erythropoiesis-stimulating agents and frequency of associated healthcare visits. Support Care Cancer. 2013 Nov; 21(11):2957-65.

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Mess? SR, McGarvey ML, Bavaria JE, Pochettino A, Szeto WY, Cheung AT, Leitner E, Miller SW, Kasner SE. A pilot study of darbepoetin alfa for prophylactic neuroprotection in aortic surgery. Neurocrit Care. 2013 Feb; 18(1):75-80.

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Bakhshi H, Rasouli MR, Parvizi J. Can local Erythropoietin administration enhance bone regeneration in osteonecrosis of femoral head? Med Hypotheses. 2012 Aug; 79(2):154-6.

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