NFKB1 and pancreatitis: The importance of NF-κB in the inflammatory process is substantiated by the fact that inhibiting its activation using antioxidants (e.g., N-acetylcysteine) or anti-inflammatory agents (e.g., peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ, PPARγ) has been shown to reduce the severity of pancreatitis in animal models [9, 15, 16, 18].