Communications Biology (Dec 2022)

Neutrophil trafficking to the site of infection requires Cpt1a-dependent fatty acid β-oxidation

  • Ly Pham,
  • Padmini Komalavilas,
  • Alex M. Eddie,
  • Timothy E. Thayer,
  • Dalton L. Greenwood,
  • Ken H. Liu,
  • Jaclyn Weinberg,
  • Andrew Patterson,
  • Joshua P. Fessel,
  • Kelli L. Boyd,
  • Jenny C. Schafer,
  • Jamie L. Kuck,
  • Aaron C. Shaver,
  • David K. Flaherty,
  • Brittany K. Matlock,
  • Christiaan D. M. Wijers,
  • C. Henrique Serezani,
  • Dean P. Jones,
  • Evan L. Brittain,
  • Jeffrey C. Rathmell,
  • Michael J. Noto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04339-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Cpt1a-dependent fatty acid beta-oxidation is found to regulate neutrophil trafficking to the site of infection in a mouse model of pneumonia and is found to play a role in pneumonia susceptibility in humans.