Erythropoietin protects neurons against
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Tong-Chun Wen; Yasutaka Sadamoto; Junya Tanaka; Peng-Xiang Zhu; Kimihiko Nakata;
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Erythropoietin (EPO) promotes neuronal survival after cerebral ischemia in vivo and after hypoxia in vitro. However, the mechanisms underlying the protective effects of EPO on ischemic/hypoxic neurons are not fully understood. The present in vitro experiments showed that EPO attenuated