Metabolic and functional impairment of CD8+ T cells from the lungs of influenza-infected obese mice
W. D. Green, A. E. Al-Shaer, Q. Shi, N. J. MacIver, M. A. Beck, S. R. Shaikh
This study shows that diet-induced obesity impairs pulmonary CD8+ T cell metabolism and function during influenza infection, leading to reduced effector cells and cytokine production.
bioRxiv · Apr 19, 2020Immunology