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From: Occupational quartz and particle exposure affect systemic levels of inflammatory markers related to inflammasome activation and cardiovascular disease

Fig. 3

Over-shift difference in inflammatory markers. The data represent average log2 fold change difference in inflammatory markers in blood, when comparing post-shift with pre-shift levels for the 40 foundry workers included in the study. A Inflammatory mediators measured in plasma, B Percent caspase-1 (inflammasome) activated monocytes following indicated ex vivo treatment, C WBC counts and cell ratios. Whiskers of the Box plots indicate min and max values. The asterisks indicate significant over-shift difference in inflammatory marker levels, calculated using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. * P-value < 0.05, ** < 0.01, *** < 0.001. LPS: lipopolysaccharide, ATP: adenosine triphosphate, NLR: neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio, LMR: lymphocyte-monocyte ratio

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