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Two classes of proteins can activate the inflammasome. Pattern recognition receptors (e.g., NAIP-NLRC4 or AIM2) directly detect microbial products while guard proteins (e.g., NLRP3 or Pyrin) detect perturbation in specific cellular processes.
