Abstract:Until recently, immunity and metabolism have existed as two distinct fields of research. Primarily driven by research into obesity-associated inflammation it is now clear that immunity and metabolism functionally intersect at specific nodes. This new field of research called immunometabolism seeks to understand how immune cell function is influenced by adaptive changes in metabolic processes. The concept of metabolic reprogramming, as a mechanism to guide the immune response, has primarily focused on how an im… Show more
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