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. 2021 Oct 5;12:743086. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.743086

FIGURE 5.

FIGURE 5

Inhibitory effects of BHGZD on the TLR4–mediated NLRP3 inflammasome activation in LPS/ATP–induced MH7A cells. (A) The expression of NLRP3 and ASC proteins was measured by immunofluorescence staining and confocal microscopy in MH7A cells (NLRP3 FITC green, ASC CY3 red, DAPI blue; scale bar represents 20 μm). (B) The secretions of IL-1β, IL-18, and LDH release in MH7A cells were evaluated by ELISA. (C ∼ D) The expression levels of TLR4, NLRP3, ASC, caspase-1, GSDMD, and IL-1β in MH7A cells were measured by Western blotting. *, **, and ***, p < 0.05, p < 0.01, and p < 0.001, respectively, in comparison with the normal control group; #, ##, and ###, p < 0.05, p < 0.01, and p < 0.001, respectively, in comparison with the LPS/ATP–induced model group.