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. 2021 Jun 3;29(3):695–704. doi: 10.1007/s10787-021-00814-x

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Downregulation of OA FLS inflammasome and pyroptosis by SDF-1 is not mediated by the PI3K–mTOR signaling pathway. SDF-1 activated the PI3K signaling pathway at 3 h (a) (n = 6). Besides, SDF-1 (100 ng/ml) decreased the protein expression of mTOR and p62 in OA FLS and increased the protein expression level of LC3-II/I (b) (n = 6–12). Pre-treated OA FLS with 5 mM 3MA (inhibitor of PI3K–mTOR) for 2 h could not reverse the inhibitory effects of SDF-1 (c) (n = 6). *p < 0.05;  **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001 versus controls