Figure 1.

Increased MARK4 and the NLRP3 inflammasome activation in inflamed gingival tissues

(a) Gene transcription in the healthy (n = 10) and inflamed (n = 10) gingiva was measured by real time qPCR. (b and c) Samples from healthy (n = 6) and inflamed gingiva (n = 6) were stained by the immunolohistological chemistry. The scale bar represents 50 µm. (d) Protein levels in the gingival tissue from chronic periodontitis (CP, n = 3) or normal control (NC, n = 3) were evaluated by Western blot. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.