Fig. 1

Gout symptoms of mice in the four groups. Serum uric acid (a); foot swelling (b); pain threshold (c). “ns” represents not significant; “*” represents p < 0.05 in comparison with CT; and “**” represents p < 0.01 in comparison with CT; “+” represents p < 0.05 in comparison with CGM; and “++” represents p < 0.01 in comparison with CGM. UA: uric acid; CT: control group; HFD: hyperuricaemia model; MSU: acute gout model; CGM: compound gout model