A critical driver of AP pathogenesis was the dysregulated activation of the nucleotide oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome, a cytosolic multiprotein complex that orchestrates caspase-1-mediated maturation of pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and IL-18, as well as gasdermin D (GSDMD)-dependent pyroptotic cell death (Ferrero-Andrés et al., 2020). Here, GSDMD is linked to alkaline phosphatase measurement.