The Severity of CVB3-Induced Myocarditis Can Be Improved by Blocking the Orchestration of NLRP3 and Th17 in Balb/c Mice

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Score</td><td class="align_center">Pathological description</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">0</td><td class="align_center">No inflammatory infiltrates</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">1</td><td class="align_center">Small foci of inflammatory cells between myocytes or inflammatory cells surrounding individual myocytes</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">2</td><td class="align_center">Larger foci of 100 inflammatory cells or involving at least 30 myocytes</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">3</td><td class="align_center">10% of a myocardial cross-section involved</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">4</td><td class="align_center">30% of a myocardial cross-section involved</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Pathology semiquantitative scale.</div>

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Table 4: The Severity of CVB3-Induced Myocarditis Can Be Improved by Blocking the Orchestration of NLRP3 and Th17 in Balb/c Mice 