Metabolic pathways in T cell fate and function

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• 作者：Valerie A. Gerriets ; Jeffrey C. Rathmell ^{jeff.rathmell@duke.edu}
• 刊名：Trends in Immunology
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：257_14714906
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：April, 2012
• 卷：33
• 期：4
• 页码：168-173
• 文件大小：492 K

摘要

T cell growth and function must be tightly regulated to provide protection against foreign pathogens, while avoiding autoimmunity and immunodeficiency. It is now apparent that T cell metabolism is highly dynamic and has a tremendous impact on the ability of T cells to grow, activate and differentiate. Specific metabolic pathways provide energy and biosynthetic precursors that must support specific cell functions, as effector, regulatory, memory, and alloreactive T cells have distinct metabolic needs in immunity and inflammation. Here, we review the signaling pathways that control metabolism and how the metabolic phenotypes of T cell subtypes integrate with T cell function. Ultimately, these metabolic differences may provide new opportunities to modulate the immune response and treat inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.