You only waste twice: T cells in parasite-induced organ wasting

Felix Clemens Richter; Andreas Bergthaler

Cell Reports (Aug 2023)

You only waste twice: T cells in parasite-induced organ wasting

Felix Clemens Richter,
Andreas Bergthaler

Affiliations

Felix Clemens Richter: Institute of Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Department of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria; CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1090, Austria
Andreas Bergthaler: Institute of Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Department of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria; CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1090, Austria

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 42, no. 8
p. 112829

Abstract

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In this issue of Cell Reports, Redford et al.1 uncouple the role of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in controlling anorexia and wasting of muscle and adipose tissue during chronic parasitic infections. These results shed light on the impact of adaptive immune cells on organ catabolism.

Published in Cell Reports

ISSN: 2211-1247 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
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