EIF2AK3 and infection: In this study, <i>Bacillus Calmette-Guerin</i> (BCG) infection resulted in high expression of pro-caspase-1, caspase-1 p20, GSDMD-N, and p-PERK in the THP-1 macrophage, being downregulated with the pre-treatment of GSK2656157, a PERK inhibitor.