Erythropoietin and Cancer: The Unintended Consequences of Anemia Correction

Until 1990, erythropoietin (EPO) was considered to have a single biological purpose and action, the stimulation of red blood cell growth and differentiation. Slowly, scientific and medical opinion evolved, beginning with the discovery of an effect on endothelial cell growth in vitro and the identifi...

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Main Authors: Nataša eDebeljak, Peter eSolar, Arthur John Sytkowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00563/full