Fig. 4From: Intervention time decides the status of autophagy, NLRP3 activity and apoptosis in macrophages induced by ox‐LDLInhibition of ox-LDL phagocytosis in the early or advanced stage of atherogenesis significantly alters apoptotic status in macrophages. a Western blot analyses of apoptosis-related proteins after blockage of ox-LDL phagocytosis in the early or advanced stages. b TUNEL assays show the number of apoptotic cells in different groups. Scale bar = 200 μm. **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001Back to article page