General anesthetics inhibit erythropoietin induction under hypoxic conditions in the mouse brain.

Erythropoietin (EPO), originally identified as a hematopoietic growth factor produced in the kidney and fetal liver, is also endogenously expressed in the central nervous system (CNS). EPO in the CNS, mainly produced in astrocytes, is induced under hypoxic conditions in a hypoxia-inducible factor (H...

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Main Authors: Tomoharu Tanaka, Shinichi Kai, Tomohiro Koyama, Hiroki Daijo, Takehiko Adachi, Kazuhiko Fukuda, Kiichi Hirota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3246473?pdf=render