IL1B and infection: After overexpression of NLRP3 and infection with GM, IL-1β expression increased from 107.5 pg/mL to 169.3 pg/mL (Figure 4E), and after inhibition of NLRP3 with Si-RNA, the expression of IL-1β decreased from 152.8 pg/mL to 87.0 pg/mL (Figure 4F).