NLRP3 has also been implicated as a key inflammasome sensor protein in different chronic diseases; in these circumstances, different endogenous danger signals activate NLRP3 and could contribute to the inflammatory response in metabolic and degenerative diseases, such as gout, type 2 diabetes, obesity atherosclerosis, or Alzheimer’s disease (6, 203, 204). The gene discussed is NLRP3; the disease is atherosclerosis.