Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Itaconate ameliorates autoimmunity by modulating T cell imbalance via metabolic and epigenetic reprogramming

  • Kuniyuki Aso,
  • Michihito Kono,
  • Masatoshi Kanda,
  • Yuki Kudo,
  • Kodai Sakiyama,
  • Ryo Hisada,
  • Kohei Karino,
  • Yusho Ueda,
  • Daigo Nakazawa,
  • Yuichiro Fujieda,
  • Masaru Kato,
  • Olga Amengual,
  • Tatsuya Atsumi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36594-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Dysregulation of T cell homeostasis is known to contribute to the immunopathology of autoimmune diseases. Here the authors show that itaconate impacts autoimmune pathology by altering T cells via modulation of metabolic and epigenetic programs.