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01.06.2010 | Book Review
Steven G. Elliott, MaryAnn Foote, Graham Molineux (eds): Erythropoietins, erythropoietic factors, and erythropoiesis. Molecular, cellular, preclinical, and clinical biology
2nd revised and extended edition, 2009, 348 p., Hardcover, Birkhäuser Verlag AG, Basel, Switzerland, ISBN 978-3-7643-8694-8
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Nagamani Bora
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Inflammation Research
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Excerpt
This volume in the Milestones in Drug Therapy series lives up to its title and represents a wide ranging and up to date review of many aspects of erythropoiesis. It is divided into four sections: Background, Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESA), Erythropoietin receptor (EPOR) and Clinical utility, with 16 chapters covering topics from morphological development of hematopoiesis to drug abuse by athletes. The range is even wider than the section headings suggest, covering the biology, the molecular regulation, the history of recombinant human erythropoietin, commercial production, development of biosimilar biotherapeutics, the pharmacokinetics, clinical utility, interaction with iron availability, abuse and the potential role of ESA in neuroprotection, on the cardiovascular system and their direct effects upon tumor cells. …