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. 2018 Jun 14;9:1350. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01350

Figure 2.

Figure 2

mRNA expression of inflammasome-related genes in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected individuals and healthy controls. RNA samples obtained from HIV-1-infected individuals and controls were quantified by real-time PCR: (A) NLRP3, (B) NLRP1, (C) NLRC4, (D) AIM2, (E) ASC, (F) caspase-1, (G) IL-18, and (H) IL-1β. β-Actin was used as the constitutive gene to normalize the RNA content. The statistical comparison was made using the Mann–Whitney U test with a 95% confidence level. Significant differences are represented in the upper part of this figure (*p < 0.05; **p < 0, 01; and ***p < 0.0001).