Ever wondered how you can specifically inhibit #AIM2 #inflammasomes? @y-m-tesfamariam.bsky.social generated inhibitory AIM2 #nanobodies to ‬dissect inflammasome responses to #poxvirus infections in human #PrimaryCells @unibonn.bsky.social @immunosens.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

... identified #nanobodies that block AIM2 inflammasomes by interfering with AIM2 Pyrin filament oligomerization (sequences deposited in nanosaurus.org data base) ...

... and engineered reporter poxviruses to impair AIM2 inflammasomes in human primary cells with inhbitory nanobodies, revealing that primary macrophages and keratinocytes assemble #AIM2 inflammasomes, while monocytes assemble #NLRP3 inflammasomes.