The experimental steps of Western blot were conducted by our previous literature.21 (link) The primary antibodies listed below were incubated with the membranes at 4 °C and stayed overnight (at a 1:1,000 dilution): α-SMA, transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1, collagen-I, collagen-III, MMP-2, MMP-9, NLRP3, Caspase-1, GSDMD-N, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-17A, and IL-18 (ABclonal Technology, Wuhan, China); ODC, SSAT, p-Smad-2, t-Smad-2, p-Smad-3, t-Smad-3, and Smad-7 (Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, Massachusetts); and ubiquitin, β-actin, and β-tubulin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology). The membranes were incubated for 1 h at room temperature with secondary antibodies (diluted at 1:10,000, Proteintech, Wuhan, China). The specific complexes treated with an ECL kit (MultiSciences, Hangzhou, China) were detected using a multiplex fluorescent imaging system.