NLRP3 and COVID-19: As an inflammatory response, NAcht leucine-rich repeat protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasomes induce the production of several cytokines, which have been confirmed to play major roles in the pathogenesis of several viral diseases, including COVID-19 (Freeman and Swartz 2020; Zhao M. et al., 2021; Junqueira et al., 2021; Pan et al., 2021).