Reprogramming of mitochondrial metabolism by innate immunity.

Reprogramming of mitochondrial metabolism by innate immunity. Curr Opin Immunol. 2018 Oct 01;56:17-23 Authors: Garaude J Abstract The reprogramming of cellular metabolism has emerged as a major aspect of innate immune cell activation. Mitochondria, which are well known for their critical functions in cellular bioenergetics and metabolism, also serve innate immune purposes by providing specific signaling platforms. Latest advances in our understanding of innate immune receptor-mediated metabolic reprogramming have unraveled specific immune functions of mitochondrial metabolites that place mitochondrial metabolism and particularly the mitochondrial respiratory chain at the center of innate immunity. This review highlights some recent studies that support mitochondrial metabolism as major immune signaling rheostat upon microbe recognition by innate immune cells. PMID: 30286442 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Opinion in Immunology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Tags: Curr Opin Immunol Source Type: research