Triacylglycerol synthesis enhances macrophage inflammatory function

As macrophages switch to a proinflammatory gylcolytic state they start to generate triglyceride-rich lipid droplets, but what function these droplets have in this context is not clear. Here the authors show that this triglyceride synthesis is requisite for prostaglandin E2 production and subsequent...

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Main Authors: Angela Castoldi, Lauar B. Monteiro, Nikki van Teijlingen Bakker, David E. Sanin, Nisha Rana, Mauro Corrado, Alanna M. Cameron, Fabian Hässler, Mai Matsushita, George Caputa, Ramon I. Klein Geltink, Jörg Büscher, Joy Edwards-Hicks, Erika L. Pearce, Edward J. Pearce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17881-3