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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

The Ups and Downs of Metabolism during the Lifespan of a T Cell.

Renu Balyan, Namrata Gautam, Nicholas R J Gascoigne

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Innate Lymphoid Cells Are the Rheostat of Immune Response in the Kidney.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2025
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  6. Ferroptosis of T cell in inflammation and tumour immunity.Clinical and translational medicine · 2025
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  13. Immunosenescence: molecular mechanisms and diseases.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2023
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  14. Artesunate targets cellular metabolism to regulate the Th17/Treg cell balance.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Renu BalyanImmunology Programme and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117545, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-9378-040X
Namrata GautamImmunology Programme and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117545, Singapore.
Nicholas R J GascoigneImmunology Programme and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117545, Singapore.
National University of Singapore · SG

Funding

National Medical Research Council CBRG/0097/2015National Research Foundation Singapore NRF-CRP19-2017-04
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the various mechanisms that govern the development, activation, differentiation, and functions of T cells is crucial as it could provide opportunities for therapeutic interventions to disrupt immune pathogenesis. Immunometabolism is one such area that has garnered significant interest in the recent past as it has become apparent that cellular metabolism is highly dynamic and has a tremendous impact on the ability of T cells to grow, activate, and differentiate. In each phase of the lifespan of a T-cell, cellular metabolism has to be tailored to match the specific functional requirements of that phase. Resting T cells rely on energy-efficient oxidative metabolism but rapidly shift to a highly glycolytic metabolism upon activation in order to meet the bioenergetically demanding process of growth and proliferation. However, upon antigen clearance, T cells return to a more quiescent oxidative metabolism to support T cell memory generation. In addition, each helper T cell subset engages distinct metabolic pathways to support their functional needs. In this review, we provide an overview of the metabolic changes that occur during the lifespan of a T cell and discuss several important studies that provide insights into the regulation of the metabolic landscape of T cells and how they impact T cell development and function.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DifferentiationCellular SenescenceEnergy MetabolismGlycolysisHumansLymphocyte ActivationT-Lymphocytesaerobic glycolysisCD4 T cell differentiationfatty acid oxidationimmunometabolismmetabolic reprogrammingT cellT cell activation

Identifiers

PMID33120978
PMCPMC7663011
OpenAlexW3096132061

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