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• Activation of the NALP3 inflammasome is triggered by low intracellular potassium concentration.

  Pétrilli V, Papin S, Dostert C, Mayor A, Martinon F, Tschopp J. Pétrilli V, et al. Cell Death Differ. 2007 Sep;14(9):1583-9. doi: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4402195. Epub 2007 Jun 29. Cell Death Differ. 2007. PMID: 17599094
• The pyroptosome: a supramolecular assembly of ASC dimers mediating inflammatory cell death via caspase-1 activation.

  Fernandes-Alnemri T, Wu J, Yu JW, Datta P, Miller B, Jankowski W, Rosenberg S, Zhang J, Alnemri ES. Fernandes-Alnemri T, et al. Cell Death Differ. 2007 Sep;14(9):1590-604. doi: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4402194. Epub 2007 Jun 29. Cell Death Differ. 2007. PMID: 17599095 Free PMC article.