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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Influences of metabolism and lipid homeostasis on regulatory vs. conventional T cells and implications for autoimmunity.

Madison A Nguyen, Sarah S Lee, Craig M Walsh

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. FASN-mediated metabolic reprogramming drives CD4Arthritis research & therapy · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Madison A NguyenMolecular Biology and Biochemistry Department, Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.
Sarah S LeeMolecular Biology and Biochemistry Department, Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.
Craig M WalshMolecular Biology and Biochemistry Department, Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.

Funding

Univ.of Calif., Irvine Cancer Center Support GrantP30CA062203 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI Melanie Funes · 1994 to 2026
$57.9M
Training Program in Stem Cell Translational Medicine for Neurological DisordersT32NS082174 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI PETER John DONOVAN, Leslie Michels Thompson · 2013 to 2026
$3.3M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA062203NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS082174
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulatory T cells are essential for suppressing an overactive immune system, especially concerning autoimmune disease, tumor growth, and inflammatory disease. This suppressive nature of regulatory T cells is largely due to their metabolic profiles determined by metabolic reprogramming upon activation and subsequent differentiation. As regulatory T cells tend to process and cycle energy differently from other T cell subsets, we are interested in what metabolic processes support regulatory T cell function. This review will consider how regulatory T cells compare with conventional T cells in terms of their participation in distinct metabolic pathways and how the presence of regulatory T cell-specific molecules influences proliferation and suppressive function. Additionally, this review will identify possible metabolic targets of regulatory T cells that could be targeted for development of autoimmune disease therapies.

Indexed as

AutoimmunityHomeostasisLipid MetabolismT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryT-Lymphocyte SubsetsAnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesHumansLymphocyte Activationautoimmune diseaselipid metabolismmetabolic reprogramingmevalonate (MVA) pathwaymTORregulatory T cells

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PMID40692789
PMCPMC12277389

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