obsolete_erythropoietin true Ele Holloway Duplicate Tomasz Adamusiak MESH:D004921 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PR_000007141 OMIM:133170 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PR_000007141 3.82.0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythropoietin NCIt:C20429 CASRN:11096-26-7 DSSTox_Generic_SID:39678 James Malone Erythropoietin, or its alternatives erythropoetin or erthropoyetin (/ɨˌrɪθrɵˈpɔɪ.ɨtɨn/, /ɨˌrɪθrɵˈpɔɪtən/, or /ɨˌriːθrɵ-/) or EPO, is a glycoprotein hormone that controls erythropoiesis, or red blood cell production. It is a cytokine (protein signaling molecule) for erythrocyte (red blood cell) precursors in the bone marrow. SNOMEDCT:83042003