Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

VSIG4 inhibits proinflammatory macrophage activation by reprogramming mitochondrial pyruvate metabolism

  • Jialin Li,
  • Bo Diao,
  • Sheng Guo,
  • Xiaoyong Huang,
  • Chengying Yang,
  • Zeqing Feng,
  • Weiming Yan,
  • Qin Ning,
  • Lixin Zheng,
  • Yongwen Chen,
  • Yuzhang Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01327-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Macrophage differentiation and inflammatory function are controlled by cell metabolism. Here, the authors use a viral hepatitis model and a high-fat diet model of insulin resistance to show how VSIG4 inhibits inflammatory macrophage activation by modulating mitochondrial pyruvate metabolism.