Among thousands of cytokines, NOD-, LRR-, and pyrin domain-containing protein 3 (NLRP3), C-reactive protein (CRP), IL-1, and IL-6 were involved in atherosclerosis pathogenesis (Ridker, 2016; Lutgens et al., 2019; Ridker, 2019). This evidence concerns the gene IL6 and atherosclerosis.