NLRP3 and Alzheimer disease: In addition, there is emerging evidence for the participation of the NLRP3 inflammasome as a sensor of metabolic stress (i.e., De Nardo and Latz, 2011), demyelination, and it is also involved in some neurodegenerative disorders such as the multiple sclerosis model (Jha et al., 2010) and Alzheimer’s disease (Heneka et al., 2013; Sheedy et al., 2013; Tan et al., 2013).