In patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) treated with haemodialysis or peritoneal
dialysis, hypertension is common and often poorly controlled. Blood pressure (BP) …

In mammals, erythropoietin (EPO), produced in the kidney, is essential for bone marrow
erythropoiesis, and hypoxia induction of EPO production provides for the important …

Increasing evidence suggests that postnatal neovascularization involves the recruitment of
circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). Hematopoietic and endothelial cell lineages …

A previous report demonstrated that endothelial cells have erythropoietin receptors and
respond to this hormone with enhanced proliferation. The present study demonstrates the …

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a disease that can cause blindness in very low
birthweight infants. The incidence of ROP is closely correlated with the weight and the …

Erythropoietin mediates an evolutionarily conserved, ancient immune response that limits
damage to the heart, the nervous system and other tissues following injury. New evidence …

Hematopoietic and endothelial cell lineages share common progenitors. Accordingly,
cytokines formerly thought to be specific for the hematopoietic system have been shown to …

Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1 is a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that
transactivates genes encoding proteins that participate in homeostatic responses to hypoxia …

Circulating bone marrow–derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) promote vascular
reparative processes and neoangiogenesis, and their number in peripheral blood correlates …

Hypertension is common, difficult to diagnose, and poorly controlled among patients with
ESRD. However, controversy surrounds the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension. Here …