FIG 1.

Suppression of autophagy-related proteins in E. faecalis-induced DCs. (A) Western blot of ATG7, Beclin1, and LC3bI/II expressed by E. faecalis-induced DCs relative to expression in control DCs and E. faecalis-induced DCs treated with mTOR inhibitor rapamycin; β-actin was used as loading control. (B) Bar graphs show the band intensities of autophagy proteins normalized to β-actin. (C) Western blot showing the expression of IL-1β in E. faecalis-induced DCs that is not evident in the other groups. The experiment was repeated in triplicates three times.