Erythropoietin is a glycoprotein that stimulates, as a mitosis-stimulating factor and differentiating hormone, the formation of erythrocytes from precursors of the stem cell compartment.
Erütropoetiin on glükoproteiin, mis stimuleerib erütrotsüütide formeerumist tüvirakkudest, toimides mitoose stimuleeriva ja rakkude diferentseerumist mõjustava faktorina.