Anti‐Inflammatory Effect of Erythropoietin in the TNBS‐induced Colitis

Erythropoietin is a potent stimulator of erythroid progenitor cells, which is able to inhibit NF ‐ kB activation, due to its pleiotropic properties, thus promoting an anti‐inflammatory effect. As inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic disease with reduced quality of life, and the current pharmacotherapy only induces or maintains the patient in remission, there is a crucial need of new pharmacological approaches. The main objective of this study...