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. 2020 Mar 25;10:5386. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-62190-w

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Cultured human umbilical endothelial cells (HUVEC) were exposed to different concentrations of visfatin/eNampt (0, 25, 50, and 100 ng/mL) for 18 h and the following proteins were determined by Western blot. Phosphorylated subunit of p65 (P-p65) and total p65 subunit, taking the ratio of Pp65 to p65 as a measurement of NF-κB activity (A); NLRP3 (B); the ratio of cle-caspase-1 to pro-caspase-1 (C); pro-IL-1β (D); and mature IL-1β (E). Data are expressed as the percentage (mean ± SEM) of the respective protein level in basal conditions. Protein levels were normalized by β-actin levels used as loading control. Every column includes at least 6 different experiments. *p < 0.05 vs respective basal values in the absence of visfatin/eNampt.