FIGURE 7.

The effect of SVF cell sheets on chondrocyte pyroptosis (n=6). (A) TUNEL staining images of chondrocytes in each group of cartilage tissue (scale bar: 25 μm). (B) Immunohistochemical images of NLRP3, Caspase1, and GSDMD in each group of cartilage tissue (scale bar: 25 μm). (C) Quantitative analysis of TUNEL-positive rate in each group of cartilage tissue. (D) Semiquantitative analysis of NLRP3, Caspase1, and GSDMD-positive cells in each group of cartilage tissue. The data are expressed as mean±SD. *P<0.05 and **P<0.01, compared with the blank group. # P<0.05 and ## P<0.01, compared with the perichondrium group.