Endocrine Abstracts

Erythropoietin (EPO) is a glycoprotein hormone endogenously produced by the kidney, whose main physiological role is the stimulation of red blood cells production. Since the beginning of the nineties, recombinant human EPO (rhEPO) has been manufactured by pharmaceutical companies and was immediately misused by athletes to increase their muscle oxygenation process, enhancing then tremendously their endurance performances. It is why EPO has been put on the list of the forbidden ...