Navigating the metabolic landscape of regulatory T cells: from autoimmune diseases to tumor microenvironments

Janika Härm, Yu Tong Fan, Dirk Brenner*

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Abstract

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are essential for maintaining immune homeostasis, playing crucial roles in modulating autoimmune conditions and contributing to the suppressive tumor microenvironment. Their cellular metabolism governs their generation, stability, proliferation, and suppressive function. Enhancing Treg metabolism to boost their suppressive function offers promising therapeutic potential for alleviating inflammatory symptoms in autoimmune diseases. Conversely, inhibiting Treg metabolism to reduce their suppressive function can enhance the efficacy of traditional immunotherapy in cancer patients. This review explores recent advances in targeting Treg metabolism in autoimmune diseases and the metabolic adaptations of Tregs within the tumor microenvironment that increase their immunosuppressive function.

Original languageEnglish
Article number102511
JournalCurrent Opinion in Immunology
Volume92
Early online date12 Dec 2024
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 12 Dec 2024

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