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Metabolism in T cell activation and differentiation

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Pearce, Erika L·2010·Current Opinion in Immunology

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When naïve or memory T cells encounter foreign antigen along with proper co-stimulation they undergo rapid and extensive clonal expansion. In mammals, this type of proliferation is fairly unique to cells of the adaptive immune system and requires a considerable expenditure of energy and cellular resources. While research has often focused on the roles of cytokines, antigenic signals, and co-stimulation in guiding T cell responses, data indicate that, at a fundamental level, it is cellular metabolism that regulates T cell function and differentiation and therefore influences the final outcome of the adaptive immune response. This review will focus on some earlier fundamental observations regarding T cell bioenergetics and its role in regulating cellular function, as well as recent work that suggests that manipulating the immune response by targeting lymphocyte metabolism could prove useful in treatments against infection and cancer.

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    “In accordance with Treg cell expansion during allograft rejection, there was a substantial increase in serum IL-10—a potent immunomodulatory cytokine produced by protective immune cell subsets, including Treg cells, and known to play a key role in inducing and maintaining allograft tolerance45.”
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    “upon T cell activation, T cells shift from a relatively metabolically quiescent state (characterized primarily by catabolic metabolism) to a highly metabolic phenotype (characterized primarily by anabolic metabolism and the induction of aerobic glycolysis) [106].”
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    “there has been an increasing understanding of the central importance of metabolism in regulating T cell function [5, 106, 107].”

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Authors
Pearce, E. L.
Affiliations
Trudeau Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Pearce, Erika L
Venue
Current Opinion in Immunology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-06
Volume
22
Issue
3
Pages
314-320
ISSN
0952-7915 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1970662865
Cited by
314
References
82
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Current Opinion in Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Emerald Foundation
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA181125)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI091965)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune cells in cancer
Keywords
T cell metabolism, T cell activation, T cell differentiation, bioenergetics, clonal expansion, costimulation, memory T cells
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Differentiation, Glucose, Humans, Lymphocyte Activation, T-Lymphocytes, Lipid Metabolism, Mice

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