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. 2019 Aug 29;9:12534. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-47609-3

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Intracellular protein of interleukin 1 beta (IL-1β) and inactive caspase-1 responses from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were measured by Western blotting after stimulation with dead Mycobacterium avium complex (dMAC) or infection by viable MAC (MAC) bacilli (multiplicity of infection: 100) for 24 hours. (A) Case demonstration and (BD) bar charts for the protein levels of pro-caspase-1, pro-IL-1β and mature IL-1β by standardizing using individual internal control (GAPDH) and negative control. The data were compared using the Mann Whitney U test. The crossed lines are median values and bars of inter-quartile range. HC, healthy controls; LD, lung disease; NC, negative control. Full-length blot is presented in Supplementary Fig. S3.