Skeletal Muscle Erythropoietin Expression Is Responsive to Hypoxia and Exercise

PURPOSE: Erythropoietin is responsible for regulating the growth and development of red blood cells. Reports conflict on whether skeletal muscle is able to produce erythropoietin and release it into circulation and if exercise affects this. We set out to determine how erythropoietin is regulated in skeletal muscle and to determine whether skeletal muscle-derived erythropoietin can stimulate erythropoiesis. METHODS: Using an in vitro approach, …