Nature Communications (May 2018)

mTOR coordinates transcriptional programs and mitochondrial metabolism of activated Treg subsets to protect tissue homeostasis

  • Nicole M. Chapman,
  • Hu Zeng,
  • Thanh-Long M. Nguyen,
  • Yanyan Wang,
  • Peter Vogel,
  • Yogesh Dhungana,
  • Xiaojing Liu,
  • Geoffrey Neale,
  • Jason W. Locasale,
  • Hongbo Chi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04392-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The authors previously showed that mTOR controls the function of regulatory T cells. Here they show how this mTOR signaling orchestrates homeostasis of Treg-cell subsets and prevents fatal autoimmunity.