(1) NLRP3 inflammasome: In recent studies, atherosclerosis has been recognized as an inflammatory disease associated with lipids, and the NLRP3 inflammasome is implicated in the link between lipid metabolism and inflammation, since NLRP3 inflammasome activation is dependent upon crystalline cholesterol and oxLDL in atherosclerosis plaques (73). Here, NLRP3 is linked to atherosclerosis.