Significant up-regulation of NLRP1 gene (15.52-fold) along with genes encoding inflammatory caspases CASP4 (2.47-fold) and CASP5 (2,450,677-fold increase) in thymic carcinoma cells corroborate with the findings of Youm et al. [84] and suggest an alternative PCD pathway triggered by BG venom in thymic cells (Figure 4). Here, NLRP1 is linked to thymic carcinoma.