Table 7.

Effects of EA on the expression of P2X7R, NLRP3, and IL-1β related protein in the liver of CUMS rats.

Groups	NLRP3/β-Actin	P2X7R/β-Actin	Pro-Caspase-1/β-Actin	Cleaved-Caspase-1/β-Actin	Pro-IL-1β/β-Actin	Cleaved-IL-1β/Β-Actin	ASC/ β-Actin
CON	0.31 ± 0.05	0.30 ± 0.07	0.28 ± 0.02	0.23 ± 0.08	0.54 ± 0.09	0.38 ± 0.05	0.30 ± 0.14
CUMS	0.64 ± 0.07 **	0.72 ± 0.12 **	0.63 ± 0.07 **	0.79 ± 0.16 *	0.75 ± 0.09 *	0.73 ± 0.14 *	0.72 ± 0.14 **
BBG	0.44 ± 0.06 ◊	0.55 ± 0.10 ◊	0.43 ± 0.10 ◊	0.51 ± 0.28 ◊	0.64 ± 0.02 ◊	0.58 ± 0.10 ◊	0.55 ± 0.13 ◊
EA	0.47 ± 0.04 ◊	0.55 ± 0.04 ◊	0.48 ± 0.05 ◊	0.61 ± 0.13	0.70 ± 0.10	0.57 ± 0.07 ◊	0.66 ± 0.16

(n = 6; $\overline{\mathrm{x}}$ ± s.) Data were expressed as mean ± SD. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, compared with the CON group; ^◊ p < 0.05.