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ArticleNature communications2025

Oxidative phosphorylation is a key feature of neonatal monocyte immunometabolism promoting myeloid differentiation after birth.

Greta Ehlers, Annika Marie Tödtmann, Lisa Holsten, Maike Willers, Julia Heckmann, Jennifer Schöning, Maximilian Richter, Anna Sophie Heinemann, Sabine Pirr, Alexander Heinz and 14 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Greta Ehlers *Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Annika Marie Tödtmann *Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-7392-6384
Lisa Holsten *Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6238-1273
Maike WillersDepartment of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8190-273X
Julia HeckmannDepartment of Pediatrics, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Jennifer SchöningDepartment of Pediatrics, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Maximilian RichterDepartment of Pediatrics, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Anna Sophie HeinemannDepartment of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Sabine PirrDepartment of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3624-6251
Alexander HeinzDepartment for Bioinformatics and Biochemistry, BRICS, Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
Christian DopferDepartment of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Kristian HändlerSystems Medicine, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5273-5277
Matthias BeckerSystems Medicine, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7120-4508
Johanna BüchelDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Achim WöckelDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Constantin von KaisenbergDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5554-1937
Gesine HansenDepartment of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Karsten HillerDepartment for Bioinformatics and Biochemistry, BRICS, Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9322-5820
Joachim L SchultzeGenomics and Immunoregulation, Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2812-9853
Christoph HärtelDepartment of Pediatrics, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Wolfgang KastenmüllerWürzburg Institute of Systems Immunology, Max Planck Research Group, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3835-1485
Martin VaethWürzburg Institute of Systems Immunology, Max Planck Research Group, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8974-7052
Thomas UlasGenomics and Immunoregulation, Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Dorothee ViemannDepartment of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. viemann_d@ukw.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9009-3559

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) 01EK2103ADeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) EXC 2155, Project ID 390874280Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) PI 1512/1-3Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) SFB 1583/1, project number 492620490Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) TRR 359, project number 491676693Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) VI 538/6-3Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) VI 538-9-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neonates primarily rely on innate immune defense, yet their inflammatory responses are usually restricted compared to adults. This is controversially interpreted as a sign of immaturity or essential programming, increasing or decreasing the risk of sepsis, respectively. Here, combined transcriptomic, metabolic, and immunological studies in monocytes of healthy individuals reveal an inverse ontogenetic shift in metabolic pathway activities with increasing age. Neonatal monocytes are characterized by enhanced oxidative phosphorylation supporting ongoing myeloid differentiation. This phenotype is gradually replaced during early childhood by increasing glycolytic activity fueling the inflammatory responsiveness. Microbial stimulation shifts neonatal monocytes to an adult-like metabolism, whereas ketogenic diet in adults mimicking neonatal ketosis cannot revive a neonate-like metabolism. Our findings disclose hallmarks of innate immunometabolism during healthy postnatal immune adaptation and suggest that premature activation of glycolysis in neonates might increase their risk of sepsis by impairing myeloid differentiation and promoting hyperinflammation.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationMonocytesMyeloid CellsOxidative PhosphorylationAdultDiet, KetogenicFemaleGlycolysisHumansImmunity, InnateInfantInfant, NewbornInflammationMaleSepsisTranscriptome

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PMID40050264
PMCPMC11885822

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