NLRP3 and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: In a group of people with OSA, there was an increase in the level of an inflammasome, nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor (NLR) family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3), which is an intracellular multiprotein complex involved in regulating the secretion and pyroptosis of IL-1β and is implicated in the pathogenesis of sterile inflammatory diseases.