NLRP3 and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Inflammatory-associated pathways such as NLRP3, NF-κB, and MAPK play a crucial role in inflammation-related respiratory diseases such as acute/chronic bronchitis, asthma, or COPD (Mishra et al., 2018; Leszczyńska et al., 2022; Panek et al., 2023).