Fig. 7: Inactivation of the NLRP3 inflammasome attenuated MC proliferation induced by ox-LDL.

a Western blot images of cyclin A2 and cyclin D1 expression. b, c Quantitative of the western blots. d EDU assay images visually showing cell numbers and proliferative activity. Scale bars, 100 μM. The data are shown as the mean ± SD of three replicates. **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001