Organismal immunometabolism: advances in both directions

摘要

Immunometabolism is a relatively new field, first cited on PubMed in 2011. It is also a field that is increasingly 'en vogue', with over 200 PubMed citations so far in 2018. Since its beginning, the field of immuno-metabolism has been operating on two different planes: one set of investigators works at the organismal level, studying interactions between the immune and metabolic systems; a second set operates at the cellular level, examining metabolic aspects of immunocytes. The focus here is on organismal immunometabolism. One topic related to the control of metabolism by the immune system and, conversely, one concerning metabolic control of the immune system will be highlighted.