Article
Amino Acid Metabolism in Lupus.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2021
Kono Michihito, Yoshida Nobuya, Tsokos George C
Abstract excerpt
T cell metabolism is central to cell proliferation, survival, differentiation, and aberrations have been linked to the pathophysiology of systemic autoimmune diseases. Besides glycolysis and fatty acid oxidation/synthesis, amino acid metabolism is also crucial in T cell metabolism. It appears that each T cell subset favors a unique metabolic process and that metabolic reprogramming changes cell fate. Here, we...
Topics
- Amino Acid Transport Systems
- Amino Acids
- Animals
- Autoimmunity
- Energy Metabolism
- Humans
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Phenotype
- T-Lymphocytes
