Diverse nonhematopoietic biological effects of the cytokine erythropoietin shows that it promotes angiogenesis. Recombinant human erythropoietin therapy in prostate cancer will be studied...
Today we're going to discuss the anemia of inflammation -- starting with its mechanisms, then looking at a fairly new genetic link between inflammation and anemia, and including how we can apply all of this to our patients.
Cytokines are a unique family of growth factors. Secreted primarily from leukocytes, cytokines stimulate both the humoral and cellular immune responses, as well as the activation of phagocytic cells. Cytokines that are secreted from lymphocytes are termed