(A) Quantitative PCR analysis for Nlrp3, Il1b, Il18, and Tnf gene expression in cell lysates and (B) immunoblot analysis for expression of NLRP3 and IL-1β in cell lysates from wild-type BMDMs pretreated with SB203580 (10 μM), U0126 (10 μM), and SP600125 (10 μM) for 1 hour before stimulation with LPS (500 ng/ml) for 4 hours. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ANOVA. β-Actin served as the standard.