Effect of protein deprivation on extrarenal erythropoietin production
A Anagnostou, S Schade, J Barone and W Fried
The production of erythropoietin by rats fed a protein-deficient diet is
markedly decreased. This defect can be rapidly reversed by feeding protein.
In the reported experiments we investigated the effect of protein
deficiency on the extra-renal production of erythropoietin. The results
indicate that the production of erythropoietin in nephrectomized animals is
insensitive to protein depletion.
Volume 51,
Issue 3,
pp. 549-553,
03/01/1978
Copyright © 1978 by The American Society of Hematology