Fig. 2From: Mechanism of sodium butyrate, a metabolite of gut microbiota, regulating cardiac fibroblast transdifferentiation via the NLRP3/Caspase-1 pyroptosis pathwayInhibitory effect of NaB, a metabolite of gut microbiota, on the activation of the NLRP3/Caspase-1 pyroptosis pathway. (A) Western blot to test protein expression levels; (B) ELISA to assess the expression levels of inflammatory factors. All experiments were repeated three times, with data expressed as mean ± standard deviation. One-way ANOVA was used for data comparisons among multiple groups, followed by Tukey’s test. ** P < 0.01Back to article page