“…Previous models of the kinetics of erythropoiesis have been developed by Loeffler and Wichmann (1980), Loeffler et al (1989), Bélair et al (1995), Mahaffy et al (1998), Banks et al (2004), Ackleh et al (2006), Crauste et al (2008, 2010), and Fischer et al (2012), to name a few. These studies were focused on stress erythropoiesis, the role of self-renewal in the recovery process, and, more recently, the role of macrophage islands on the regulation of erythropoiesis.…”