Figure 5

NF-κB pathway in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Control (wild-type (WT)) and TRAPS peripheral blood mononuclear cells unstimulated or stimulated for 10 minutes with TNF (6 ng/mL) or IL-1β (1 ng/mL). Western blot shows p-IκBα (Ser32) and p65 subunit of NF-κB (Ser536) and the corresponding β-actin, used as control. The histograms show semi-quantification of band intensities after normalization against the negative control (100%) (OD; Image J software, version 1.47 NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA). Columns indicate percent values.