Objective To explore the protective effect of erythropoietin(EPO)on inflammatory injury induced by focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion in rats.Methods 54 male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 3 groups:sham operation group,normal saline control group and EPO group.The focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury model was made by suture-occluded method.The content of interleukin-1 β(IL-1β)and the activity of myeloperoxidease(MPO)were measured by radioimmunoassay and chromatoptometry at 6 h,24 h and 48 h reperfusion following...