Presence of erythropoiesis inhibitor in the urine of normal sheep and those with transfused polycythemia.

Presence of erythropoiesis inhibitor in the urine of normal sheep and those with transfused polycythaemia. Acta Physiol. Pol., 1978, 29 (1): 37-46. Urine from 18 ewes, normal and with transfused polycythemia, was analysed. The consequences of polycythemia were estimated in the period between 96 and 192h. The 24 h urine portions were separated on Sephadex G 100 columns, and after dialysis, tested biologically on normal mice of the BALB/c and Swiss strains. Changes of the erythropoietic activity in normal mice receiving the particular plasma fractions demonstrated that in the urine fraction IV, a factor with activity characteristic for the erythropoiesis inhibitor, is present in most normal sheep and in all those with moderate polycythemia.