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ArticleNature metabolism2026

Macrophage-derived itaconate is a negative regulator of adipose tissue thermogenesis.

Jiayin Tang, Gerard Pernes, Brenda Nakagaki, Nhien Tran, Laura Bokor, Fran Prenen, Mingyang Yi, Avery E Robertson, Rachel Cronin, Mohamad Sarmini and 7 more

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Article in Nature metabolism, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper 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

17 authors.

Jiayin TangDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Gerard PernesDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6524-3255
Brenda NakagakiDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Nhien TranDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5009-9323
Laura BokorDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Fran PrenenDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5431-1715
Mingyang YiDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Avery E RobertsonDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-3586-0999
Rachel CroninDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Mohamad SarminiDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Jacob PierscianowskiDepartment of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Victoria RobertsDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Birgitta A RybackDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Carl D NovinaDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Karine AuclairDepartment of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Haopeng XiaoDepartment of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4166-647X
Evanna L MillsDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA. evanna_mills@dfci.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0447-8995

Funding

VectorP30CA006516 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI FRANK S HODI · 1985 to 2026
$330.6M
Mechanistic characterization of the anti-inflammatory function of thermogenic fat for the treatment of metabolic disordersR00DK123321 · NIDDK · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI MILLS, EVANNA LOUISA · 2022 to 2024
$737k
Defining the landscape and mechanisms of redox regulation of metabolism during agingR00AG073461 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Haopeng Xiao · 2025 to 2026
$497k
American Heart Association (American Heart Association, Inc.) 25POST1375498American Heart Association (American Heart Association, Inc.) 25PRE1357302G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation (G. Harold & Leila Y. Mathers Foundation) MF-2204-02617NCI NIH HHS P30 CA006516NIA NIH HHS R00 AG073461NIDDK NIH HHS R00 DK123321U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) 4R00 DK123321-05
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thermogenic brown and beige adipose tissues are important in maintaining metabolic health because of their distinct ability to catabolize stored fat and circulating glucose in futile cycles

Indexed as

Adipose TissueAdipose Tissue, BrownMacrophagesSuccinatesThermogenesisAnimalsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSignal TransductionSuccinic Aciditaconic acidSuccinatesSuccinic Acid

Identifiers

PMID42448793
PMCPMC13489966

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