NLRP3 and ulcerative colitis: Zhang et al. (12) reported that EHE intervention in ulcerative colitis mice reduced Disease Activity Index (DAI) scores, body weight loss, colonic ulcers, and intestinal epithelial barrier damage, while downregulating inflammatory cytokine expression (Experimental study on EHE improving ulcerative colitis in mice via miR-124-3p/ELF3-mediated NLRP3 regulation).