Fig. 6From: Intervention time decides the status of autophagy, NLRP3 activity and apoptosis in macrophages induced by ox‐LDLKnockdown of NLRP3 in the early and advanced stage of atherogenesis results in different apoptotic states in macrophages induced by ox‐LDL. a Western blot analyses of apoptosis-related proteins after si-NLRP3 was used in the early or advanced stage. b TUNEL assays were utilized to detect the number of apoptotic cells. Scale bar = 200 μm. **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001Back to article page