Definition: Glycoprotein hormone, secreted chiefly by the KIDNEY in the adult and the LIVER in the FETUS, that acts on erythroid stem cells of the BONE MARROW to stimulate proliferation and differentiation.
continuous erythropoietin receptor activator [ CERA (erythropoietin receptor activator),Mircera ] a third-generation erythropoietic beta molecule created by integrating a large polymer chain into the molecule, thus increasing the molecular weight to twice that of epoetin at approximately 60 kDa; t