Table 1.

Effects of high rHu-EPO concentrations on Bcl-2 mRNA levels in rat hepatocytes

Treatment	Normoxia	Hypoxia (3% O2)
Control	0.11 ± 0.03 fg/μl	0.05 ± 0.02 fg/μl
EPO 50 U/ml	0.09 ± 0.03 fg/μl	0.04 ± 0.01 fg/μl
EPO 100 U/ml	0.08 ± 0.03 fg/μl	0.04 ± 0.02 fg/μl

NOTE. Quantitative (RT-)PCR from total RNA was performed as described in Methods after a 24 hours incubation of cultured rat hepatocytes with or without high doses of rHu-EPO under normoxia or hypoxia (3% O₂). Data are the means ± SD of 4 separate experiments with hepatocytes different animals each.