Table 1.

Pyroptosome versus inflammasome.

	Pyroptosome	Inflammasome
Localization	Intracellular	Intra and extra-cellular
Size	1000–2000 nm	13 nm
Cell death	+++	+
Inflammation	+	+++
ASC	+	+
PRR	+	+
Caspase-1	+	+
ProIL-1β processing	+	+

Reference Cheng et al. (2010), Cookson and Brennan (2001), Fernandes-Alnemri and Alnemri (2008), Fernandes-Alnemri et al. (2007), Jones et al. (2010) Faustin et al. (2007), Gavrilin et al. (2009), Kahlenberg and Dubyak (2004), Martinon et al. (2002), Sarkar et al. (2009), Zhou et al. (2010)