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. 2017 Jul 20;58(9):1808–1821. doi: 10.1194/jlr.M075879

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2.

Dietary PUFAs reduced liver caspase-1 cleavage and IL-β secretion. A: IL-β concentrations in liver homogenates from female Ldlr−/− mice fed atherogenic diets for 16 weeks. B: mRNA expression of NLRP3 inflammasome components in livers from female Ldlr−/− mice fed atherogenic diets for 16 weeks was measured by real-time PCR. C: Immunoblotting analysis of caspase-1 cleavage in livers from female Ldlr−/− mice fed diet for 16 weeks (n = 3 mice per diet group). D: Livers were isolated from female Ldlr−/− mice fed diets for 10 weeks and cultured with or without 100 ng/LPS for 24 h. Culture supernatants were analyzed by ELISA for IL-1β. E: Hepatocytes were isolated from female Ldlr−/− mice fed diets for 10 weeks and cultured in the presence or absence of 100 ng/LPS for 3 or 18 h. Culture supernatants were analyzed by ELISA for IL-1β, and cell lysates were analyzed by real-time PCR for NLRP3 mRNA expression. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.