Open AccessCounting Calories: The Cost of Inflammation
Author(s) -
Andrew Wang,
Ruslan Medzhitov
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2019.03.022
Subject(s) - biology , calorie , inflammation , immunology , endocrinology
A relationship between thermoregulation, metabolism, and the host response to infections has long been appreciated. In this study, Ganeshan and colleagues discover that the immune system regulates body temperature as a strategy to regulate metabolic rate, which in turn promotes tolerance to inflammatory damage.
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