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ReviewTrends in immunology2025

Metabolic and stress response adaptations in T cells to fever and physiological heat.

Benjamin A Wilander, Jeffrey C Rathmell

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Review in Trends in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. The cycle of infectious fever - how it affects bacterial infections.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Benjamin A WilanderDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Jeffrey C RathmellDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: jeff.rathmell@vumc.org.

Funding

Exploiting metabolic vulnerabilities of CD4 T cell subsets to control inflammatory diseaseR01DK105550 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Jeffrey C Rathmell · 2015 to 2026
$4.7M
Metabolic Barriers to T Cell Activation in Clear Cell Renal Cell CarcinomaR01CA217987 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Jeffrey C Rathmell · 2018 to 2026
$4.3M
Targeting TH17 cell metabolism in steroid resistanceR01HL136664 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI NEWCOMB, DAWN C, RATHMELL, JEFFREY C. · 2017 to 2024
$4.2M
Targeting Tfh Cell Metabolic Regulation in SLE and SLE-Associated AtherosclerosisR01AI153167 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI MAJOR, AMY S, RATHMELL, JEFFREY C. · 2020 to 2024
$2.8M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA217987NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL136664NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI153167NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK105550
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fevers are an ancient feature of the inflammatory microenvironment. While fevers may improve the immune response to pathogens, mechanisms are unclear. We explore recent studies of how fever-range temperatures inform mammalian T cell metabolism, differentiation, and stress responses. Recent evidence indicates that metabolic programs initiated by fever are maintained upon return to thermo-normality, potentially providing a lasting benefit. Despite its impact, temperature remains overlooked and warrants further study. This is especially apparent when considering the wide temperature differential between tissues within the body and during inflammatory disease progression. We propose that differences in the metabolic and stress responses between T cell subsets upon thermal stress contribute to determining immune cell makeup and fate during inflammation.

Indexed as

Adaptation, PhysiologicalFeverStress, PhysiologicalT-LymphocytesAnimalsHot TemperatureHumansInflammationfeverimmunometabolismstressT cells

Identifiers

PMID39984354
PMCPMC11922645

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