IL1B and ischemia: The administration of the Chinese herbal-derived Xuebijing in mice submitted to 90 min of partial (70%) ischemia did not induce changes in the expression of NLRP3 and ASC per se, but decreased the cleavage of pro-caspase-1 and pro-IL-1β, which is known to be the key step in the processing of mature IL-1β within the inflammasome [130].