Give a brief account of erythropoietin ?
Fibroblast-like cells that lie in the interstitium of the renal cortex are responsible for production of erythropoietin, which in turn is required for production of red blood cells. Erythropoietin synthesis is regulated by oxygen tension; anaemia and hypoxia increase production, whereas polycythaemia and hyperoxia inhibit it. Failure of erythropoietin production in patients with renal failure
Erthropoetin is a harmones released from kidney in case of hypoxia causes increase in no of erthroblast