NLRP3 and kidney disorder: In the rat contrast-induced nephropathy model, ioversol induced kidney morphology changes, with increases on SCr and BUN contents, elevated levels of IL-1β and IL-18, upregulated expressions of lncRNA XIST, NLRP3, ASC, and cleaved caspase-1, and decreased miR-133a-3p mRNA expression (Liu et al., 2021).