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. 2020 May 21;11(5):383. doi: 10.1038/s41419-020-2598-6

Fig. 3. ELF3 upregulation participated in high glucose-induced endothelial NLRP3 inflammasome activation via increase of MARK4 expression in HUVECs.

Fig. 3

a Western blot analysis of ELF3 expression in normal and hyperglycaemic HUVECs. b The mRNA expression of ELF3 in normal and hyperglycaemic HUVECs. c The effects of siELF3 on high glucose-induced MARK4 and NLRP3 inflammasome protein expression in hyperglycaemic HUVECs. d The effects of siELF3 on high glucose-induced MARK4 and NLRP3 inflammasome mRNA expression in hyperglycaemic HUVECs. (e) The effects of siELF3 on high glucose-induced interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-18 mRNA expression in hyperglycaemic HUVECs. f The effects of siMARK4 on ELF3 overexpression-induced NLRP3 inflammasome protein expression in HUVECs. g The effects of siMARK4 on ELF3 overexpression-induced NLRP3 inflammasome mRNA expression in HUVECs. h The effects of siMARK4 on ELF3 overexpression-induced IL-1β and IL-18 mRNA expression in HUVECs. (*P ≤ 0.001, **P ≤ 0.0001, compared with the control group; #P ≤ 0.001, ##P ≤ 0.0001, compared with the high glucose treatment group, n = 5/group).