Neuroprotective properties of a novel, non-haematopoietic agonist of the erythropoietin receptor

Brain 2010 133(8):2281-2294; doi:10.1093/brain/awq101

Stanislava Pankratova1, Darya Kiryushko1, Katrin Sonn2, Vladislav Soroka1, Lene B. Køhler1, Mette Rathje1, Bing Gu1, Kamil Gotfryd1, Ole Clausen1, Alexander Zharkovsky2, Elisabeth Bock1 and Vladimir Berezin1

1 Protein Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark 2 Department of Pharmacology, Centre of Excellence for Translational Medicine, University of Tartu, 51014 Tartu, Estonia

Keywords: Erythropoietin, central nervous system, neuroprotective agent, non-haematopoietic erythropoietin, Epotris, neurite outgrowth, blood–brain barrier, neurodegeneration, neurological disorders.