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

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Targeted protein analysis of basal and UPEC-induced protein expression from bladder epithelial cells knockdown in caspase-1, caspase-4 or NLPR3. Caspase-1, caspase-4 and NLRP3-knockdown bladder epithelial cells and Cas9 controls were infected with CFT073 followed by analysis of protein expression using a panel of inflammation-related proteins. All proteins that responded to stimulation with the UPEC strain CFT073 with either a significant increase or decrease in protein expression are presented. The protein data is presented as normalized protein expression (NPX). gRNA stands for guideRNA targeting specific gene using CRISPR/Cas9. Data are presented as mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. Asterisks over error-bar show statistical significance compared to respective unstimulated control (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001).