Fig. 1From: Intervention time decides the status of autophagy, NLRP3 activity and apoptosis in macrophages induced by ox‐LDLVariations in autophagy, NLRP3 levels and apoptosis in macrophages after exposure to different concentrations and durations of ox‐LDL incubation. a Macrophages were incubated with different doses of ox-LDL (0, 20, 40, 80 and 100 µg/ml) for 24 h. Western blot assays were applied for analyses of autophagy-related proteins, NLRP3 and apoptosis-related proteins expression. b Macrophages stimulated with 80 µg/ml ox-LDL for different time (0, 6, 12, 24 and 36 h). The changes in autophagy-related proteins, NLRP3 and apoptosis-related proteins were analyzed via western blot. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001Back to article page