Research Article
Induction of NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation by Heme in Human Endothelial Cells
Figure 8
Oxidized Hb species increase ROS formation but fail to induce IL-1β production and maturation in HUVECs. (a–c) Naive (a–c) or LPS-primed (d) HUVECs were treated with heme (25 μmol/L) Hb, metHb, or ferrylHb (25 or 250 μmol/L). (a and b) Following the treatments (a: 25 μmol/L and b: 250 μmol/L) (4 h), ROS production was measured with DCFDA assay. (c and d) IL-1β mRNA level (4 h) was determined by quantitative RT-PCR. Results are shown as mean ± SD () from one representative experiment of three. , , and .
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