Unconjugated Rabbit anti-Human, Mouse, Rat AIM2 Polyclonal Antibody [IgG]

Gm1313; Ifi210; Interferon-inducible protein AIM2; Interferon-inducible protein 210; Ifi-210; Interferon-inducible protein p210; Aim2

Involved in innate immune response by recognizing cytosolic double-stranded DNA and inducing caspase-1-activating inflammasome formation in macrophages. Upon binding to DNA is thought to undergo oligomerization and to associate with PYCARD initiating the recruitment of caspase-1 precusrsor and processing of interleukin-1 beta and interleukin-18. Detects cytosolic dsDNA of viral and bacterial origin in a non-sequence-specific manner. Can also trigger PYCARD-dependent, caspase-1-independent cell death that involves caspase-8.