Immunometabolism: Feast or famine to combat infection
Nature Reviews Immunology 16, 597 (2016).
doi:10.1038/nri.2016.109
Author: Elisabeth Kugelberg
Fasting metabolism has opposing roles in maintaining tissue tolerance; anorexia improves survival during bacterial infection whereas it has detrimental effects during viral infection.
Source: Nature Reviews Immunology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Elisabeth Kugelberg Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research