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. 2021 Mar 11;17(4):1138–1152. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.57825

Figure 2.

Figure 2

BA attenuates pyroptosis after SCI. (A) Immunofluorescence staining for Caspase-1 and NeuN co-localization in the spinal cords of the Sham, SCI, and BA groups (scale bar = 25 µm) (B) The quantitative mean optical density of the Caspase-1 in motor neurons of spinal cord lesion. (C) Immunofluorescence staining for GSDMD and NeuN co-localization in the spinal cords of the Sham, SCI, and BA groups (scale bar = 25 µm) (D) The quantitative mean optical density of the GSDMD in motor neurons of spinal cord lesion. (E)Western blotting for ASC, Caspase-1, GSDMD, IL-1β, IL-18 and NLRP3 expression levels in the Sham, SCI, and BA groups. The gels were run under the same experimental conditions, and the cropped blots are shown here. (F) The optical density values of the ASC, Caspase-1, GSDMD, IL-1β, IL-18 and NLRP3 expression levels were quantified and analyzed in each group. The values are expressed as the means ± SEM, n=5 per group. **p< 0.01, vs. Sham group. #p< 0.05 and ##p< 0.01, vs. SCI group.