Fig. 5

miR-624-3p targeted ASC in HAECs. (A) Binding sites between miR-624-3p and ASC. The relationship between miR-624-3p and ASC was examined by dual-luciferase reporter (B) and RNA pull-down (C) assays. The ASC levels were measured by qRT‒PCR after ox-LDL (D) as well as miR-624-3p mimic (E) treatment. (F) The ASC levels in ox-LDL treated HAECs were measured by qRT‒PCR after circ-PSMB1 knockdown