The Skinny on Fat Trm Cells

Publication date: 19 December 2017
Source:Immunity, Volume 47, Issue 6
Author(s): Stanley Cheuk, Liv Eidsmo
White adipose tissue (WAT) is exposed to pathogens that breach epithelial barriers, but the role of adipose T cells in immunity isn't clear. In this issue of Immunity, Han et al. (2017) find that WAT harbors a reservoir of memory T cells that provide antimicrobial immunity at the expense of lipid synthesis and metabolism.

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White adipose tissue (WAT) is exposed to pathogens that breach epithelial barriers, but the role of adipose T cells in immunity isn't clear. In this issue of Immunity, Han et al. (2017) find that WAT harbors a reservoir of memory T cells that provide antimicrobial immunity at the expense of lipid synthesis and metabolism.


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