A murine experimental hypertension model (uninephrectomy and treatment with deoxycorticosterone acetate and 0.9% NaCl in the drinking water) induced activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome in kidney and specific NLRP3 inhibitor, MCC950, inhibited the NLRP3 inflammasome and inflammation, resulting in improvement of hypertension in mice (78). Here, NLRP3 is linked to Hypertension.