Fig. 3

Coal dust particles can upregulate the expression of NLRP3 inflammasome components in rat alveolar macrophages through phagocytosis (A) Relative mRNA expression levels after Cytochalasin B in coal dust particles-exposed macrophages; (B) Western blotting membrane image after Cytochalasin B in coal dust particles-exposed macrophages; (C) Content of proteins after Cytochalasin B in coal dust particles-exposed macrophages (This is the quantization of the signal in Fig. 3B); (D) IL-1β protein content in cell lysates after Cytochalasin B in coal dust particles-exposed macrophages by ELISA; *P<0.05; * *P<0.01; * * *P<0.001; * * * *P<0.0001.