Figure 1.
The concentration-dependent effect of Aβ on inflammasome protein and proinflammatory cytokine expression in SH-SY5Y cells. Cells were incubated with various concentration (01, 1 and 2 µM) of Aβ for 24 min. Western blot analysis was used to determine the expression levels of (a) NLRP3, (b) ASC, (c) Caspase 1, (d) pro-IL-1β, (e) IL-1β, (f) pro-IL-18, (g) IL-18 and (h) TNF-α. The band densities were normalized to actin. The ratios were calculated as a percentage of the respective value in the control group. The data are expressed as the means ± S.E.M. One-way ANOVA and Tukey's pos-hoc test were performed for statistical analysis. N = 3–4 (*, **, ***, ****denote statistical significance at p < 0.05, p < 0.01, p < 0.001 and p < 0.0001 compared to the control group, respectively).
