FIGURE 4.

Effects of ELP2 on pyroptosis caused by GSDMD/GSDME. (A–C) Fluorescent staining and quantitative flow analysis show that ELP2 overexpression (GV341‐ELP2) significantly increased the cells death induced by TNF‐α (50 ng/mL 24 h); (D–F) ELP2 knock down (sgRNA‐ELP2) reduced the cells death induced by TNF‐α (50 ng/mL 24 h). Live cells (Q3) were distinguished from dead cells. Error bars represent the mean ± SD, and comparisons were performed using one‐way anova. *p > 0.05, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001. n = 3 in each group. TNF‐α, tumour necrosis factorα; ELP2, elongator complex protein; sgRNA, small guide RNA; SD, standard deviation.