Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Inhibition of glucose metabolism selectively targets autoreactive follicular helper T cells

  • Seung-Chul Choi,
  • Anton A. Titov,
  • Georges Abboud,
  • Howard R. Seay,
  • Todd M. Brusko,
  • Derry C. Roopenian,
  • Shahram Salek-Ardakani,
  • Laurence Morel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06686-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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T cell functions depend on distinct metabolic fluxes. Here the authors show different metabolic requirements of humoral responses to self versus microbial antigens: while glucose is dispensable for antiviral Tfh and antibody responses, it is essential to mount these responses against autoantigens.