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ReviewEndocrine journal2025

Lipid metabolic reprogramming in immune regulation and chronic inflammatory diseases.

Ayaka Ito

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Review in Endocrine journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Ayaka ItoDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Metabolism, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7024-6661

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune cells undergo substantial metabolic rewiring during differentiation and activation to satisfy the energy demands of an appropriate immune response. Lipids serve as energy sources and function as essential components of cellular membranes and signaling molecules. Recent studies have revealed that reprogramming of lipid metabolism, including lipid uptake, de novo synthesis of cholesterol and fatty acids, and fatty acid oxidation, leads to dynamic alterations in the quantity and quality of intracellular lipids. These metabolic changes play crucial roles in shaping immune cell functions, promoting anti-inflammatory responses, and facilitating the resolution of inflammation. Conversely, dysregulation of lipid metabolism can result in immune cell dysfunction, contributing to the onset and progression of chronic inflammatory diseases such as autoimmune diseases and metabolic syndrome. Notably, cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism influence immune responses by modulating membrane lipid composition and downstream inflammatory signaling. Given these insights, targeting lipid metabolism has emerged as a promising therapeutic approach for restoring immune homeostasis and treating chronic inflammatory diseases.

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Autoimmune DiseasesImmune SystemInflammationLipid MetabolismAnimalsCholesterolChronic DiseaseFatty AcidsHumansMetabolic ReprogrammingMetabolic SyndromeSignal TransductionCholesterolFatty AcidsAutoimmunityChronic inflammationImmune responsesImmunometabolismLipid metabolism

Identifiers

PMID40436800
PMCPMC12436075

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