Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

The cholesterol biosynthesis pathway regulates IL-10 expression in human Th1 cells

  • Esperanza Perucha,
  • Rossella Melchiotti,
  • Jack A Bibby,
  • Wing Wu,
  • Klaus Stensgaard Frederiksen,
  • Ceri A. Roberts,
  • Zoe Hall,
  • Gaelle LeFriec,
  • Kevin A. Robertson,
  • Paul Lavender,
  • Jens Gammeltoft Gerwien,
  • Leonie S. Taams,
  • Julian L. Griffin,
  • Emanuele de Rinaldis,
  • Lisa G. M. van Baarsen,
  • Claudia Kemper,
  • Peter Ghazal,
  • Andrew P. Cope

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08332-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Metabolic pathways are increasingly recognized as crucial determinants of T cell function. Here the authors show that the balance between IFNγ and IL-10 production in human CD4 T cells is modulated by the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway.