Mitochondrial respiration in B lymphocytes is essential for humoral immunity by controlling the flux of the TCA cycle

S Urbanczyk, OR Baris, J Hofmann, RV Taudte… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
To elucidate the function of oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) during B cell differentiation,
we employ CD23Cre-driven expression of the dominant-negative K320E mutant of the …

Basic mechanism of immune system activation by mitochondria

Y Iwasaki, Y Takeshima, K Fujio - Immunological medicine, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Almost 160 years after the discovery of mitochondria, they are known for their production of
energy and are called “the powerhouse of the cell”. Recently, immune-metabolism has been …

The essential functions of mitochondrial dynamics in immune cells

JH Xie, YY Li, J Jin - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Mitochondria are highly mobile organelles due to fission, fusion, transport, and mitophagy,
and these processes are known as mitochondrial dynamics. Mitochondrial dynamics play an …

Diverse roles of mitochondria in immune responses: novel insights into immuno-metabolism

A Angajala, S Lim, JB Phillips, JH Kim, C Yates… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Lack of immune system cells or impairment in differentiation of immune cells is the basis for
many chronic diseases. Metabolic changes could be the root cause for this immune cell …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondria are required for antigen-specific T cell activation through reactive oxygen species signaling

LA Sena, S Li, A Jairaman, M Prakriya, T Ezponda… - Immunity, 2013 - cell.com
It is widely appreciated that T cells increase glycolytic flux during activation, but the role of
mitochondrial flux is unclear. Here, we have shown that mitochondrial metabolism in the …

Mitochondrial control of immunity: beyond ATP

MM Mehta, SE Weinberg, NS Chandel - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2017 - nature.com
Mitochondria are important signalling organelles, and they dictate immunological fate. From
T cells to macrophages, mitochondria form the nexus of the various metabolic pathways that …

Mitochondrial function provides instructive signals for activation-induced B-cell fates

KJ Jang, H Mano, K Aoki, T Hayashi, A Muto… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
During immune reactions, functionally distinct B-cell subsets are generated by stochastic
processes, including class-switch recombination (CSR) and plasma cell differentiation …

Mitochondrial metabolism regulation of T cell–mediated immunity

EM Steinert, K Vasan… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Recent evidence supports the notion that mitochondrial metabolism is necessary for T cell
activation, proliferation, and function. Mitochondrial metabolism supports T cell anabolism by …

Arming a killer: mitochondrial regulation of CD8+ T cell cytotoxicity

M Lisci, GM Griffiths - Trends in Cell Biology, 2023 - cell.com
While once regarded as ATP factories, mitochondria have taken the spotlight as important
regulators of cellular homeostasis. The past two decades have witnessed an intensifying …

Mitochondria are the powerhouses of immunity

EL Mills, B Kelly, LAJ O'Neill - Nature immunology, 2017 - nature.com
Recent evidence indicates that mitochondria lie at the heart of immunity. Mitochondrial DNA
acts as a danger-associated molecular pattern (DAMP), and the mitochondrial outer …