NLRP3 and Stroke: There are indications for NLRP3 expression in microglia and endothelial cells but not in neurones33, as well as data showing an increase in NLRP3 inflammasome proteins, IL-1β and IL-18 in the ipsilateral neurones of cerebral ischaemic and reperfused mice as well as in neurones from the postmortem stroke patients brain tissue34.