NLRP3 and brain ischemia: We using NLRP3 shRNA or QNDP found that QNDP or QNDP and sh-NLRP3 obviously inhibited the levels of NLRP3, ASC and cleaved-caspase 1, then to regulate the inflammatory cytokines and inhibit apoptosis in cerebral ischemia in vivo and in vitro.