Erythropoietin (Epo) is a hormone regulating proliferation and differentiation of erythroid
cells. The hypothesis that hematopoietic and endothelial cells share a common
hemangioblast progenitor among others is based on the finding that both cell lineages
express cell surface antigens like CD31 and CD34. In this study we investigated the
angiogenic potential of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo) on endothelial cells
derived from human adult myocardial tissue. In addition, we compared the angiogenic …