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. 2022 Feb 7;12:2005. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-06052-7

Figure 1.

Figure 1

A schematic overview summarizing the experimental design. Caspase-1, caspase-4 and NLRP3-knockdown bladder epithelial cells and Cas9 controls were infected with the UPEC strain CFT073. Measurement of gene expression and cytokine release (IL-1β, IL-18, IL-8) from infected cells was evaluated by ELISA. Conditioned medium collected from respective knockdown cell line was analyzed by proteomics using a panel of inflammatory proteins. The conditioned medium was also used to evaluate ROS production and phagocytosis in neutrophils and cell proliferation from bladder epithelial cells (created with Biorender.com).