| Literature DB >> 25887776 |
David Kuhrt1, Don M Wojchowski2.
Abstract
As essential mediators of red cell production, erythropoietin (EPO) and its cell surface receptor (EPO receptor [EPOR]) have been intensely studied. Early investigations defined basic mechanisms for hypoxia-inducible factor induction of EPO expression, and within erythroid progenitors EPOR engagement of canonical Janus kinase 2/signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 (JAK2/STAT5), rat sarcoma/mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (RAS/MEK/ERK), and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathways. Contemporary genetic, bioinformatic, and proteomic approaches continue to uncover new clinically relevant modulators of EPO and EPOR expression, and EPO's biological effects. This Spotlight review highlights such factors and their emerging roles during erythropoiesis and anemia.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25887776 PMCID: PMC4458796 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2014-11-575357
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Blood ISSN: 0006-4971 Impact factor: 22.113