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Review
. 2001 Jun:16:110-3.
doi: 10.1152/physiologyonline.2001.16.3.110.

Pleiotropic functions and tissue-specific expression of erythropoietin

R Sasaki  1 , S Masuda, M Nagao
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Pleiotropic functions and tissue-specific expression of erythropoietin

R Sasaki et al. News Physiol Sci. 2001 Jun.

Abstract

Erythropoietin (EPO) is produced in the brain, uterus, and oviduct. Brain EPO plays a neuroprotective role, and uterine EPO is likely involved in estrogen-dependent angiogenesis. Hypoxic induction of brain EPO markedly differs from that in the kidney. EPO in the uterus and oviduct is estrogen inducible.

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