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ReviewBioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology2025

Food for thought: Nutrient metabolism controlling early T cell development.

Guy Werlen, Tatiana Hernandez, Estela Jacinto

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Review in BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Food for thought: Nutrient metabolism controlling early T cell development.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Guy WerlenDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
Tatiana HernandezDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
Estela JacintoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7118-1759

Funding

The hexosamine biosynthesis pathway in metabolism and cell fateR01GM137493 · NIGMS · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Estela Jacinto · 2020 to 2026
$2.6M
Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience 240041New Jersey Commission for Cancer Research COCR22PRG009NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM137493NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM137493
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cells develop in the thymus by expressing a diverse repertoire of either αβ- or γδ-T cell receptors (TCR). While many studies have elucidated how TCR signaling and gene expression control T cell ontogeny, the role of nutrient metabolism is just emerging. Here, we discuss how metabolic reprogramming and nutrient availability impact the fate of developing thymic T cells. We focus on how the PI3K/mTOR signaling mediates various extracellular inputs and how this signaling pathway controls metabolic rewiring during highly proliferative and anabolic developmental stages. We highlight the role of the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway that generates metabolites that are utilized for N- and O-linked glycosylation of proteins and how it impacts TCR expression during T cell ontogeny. We consider the dichotomy in metabolic needs during αβ- versus γδ-T cell lineage commitment as well as how metabolism is also coupled to molecular signaling that controls cell fate.

Indexed as

NutrientsSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesAnimalsCell DifferentiationGlycosylationHumansPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesThymus GlandTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesNutrientsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesTOR Serine-Threonine Kinasesglycosylationhexosamine biosynthesismTORC1/mTORC2nutrient metabolismPI3K/mTOR signalingthymic T cell developmentαβ‐ and γδ‐T cells

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PMID39504233
PMCPMC11662157

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