Nature Communications (May 2019)

Competition for nutrients and its role in controlling immune responses

  • Nidhi Kedia-Mehta,
  • David K. Finlay

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10015-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Immune cells adapt distinct metabolic strategies to accommodate specific functions associated with cell types or differentiation stages. Here in this review the authors discuss the nutrients, sensors, and mediators of such a metabolic adaption in nutrient-limiting immune microenvironments such as tumors or infections.