Figure 2.

Caspase-1 expression in skin and muscle tissue: “cardiac arrest group” vs. “wound group.” Skin and muscle samples from both experimental groups (“cardiac arrest group” and “wound group”) were processed for protein isolation followed by Western blotting and analysis for active caspase-1 protein and Coomassie blue staining for loading control (see Materials and Methods). (A,B) Show a Western blot for caspase-1 in the “wound group” (W) and the “cardiac arrest group” (S), respectively. The numbers represent the sample from the individual animals in each group (n-4). Densitometric analysis of Western blots for active caspase-1 in skin (C) and muscle (D) (P < 0.05, as determined by one-way ANOVA).