T Cell Activation Depends on Extracellular Alanine.
Ron-Harel N, Ghergurovich JM, Notarangelo G, LaFleur MW, Tsubosaka Y, Sharpe AH, Rabinowitz JD, Haigis MC.
Ron-Harel N, et al.
Cell Rep. 2019 Sep 17;28(12):3011-3021.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.08.034.
Cell Rep. 2019.
PMID: 31533027
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T cell stimulation is metabolically demanding. To exit quiescence, T cells rely on environmental nutrients, including glucose and the amino acids glutamine, leucine, serine, and arginine. ...Here, we show that extracellular alanine is nevertheless required fo …
T cell stimulation is metabolically demanding. To exit quiescence, T cells rely on environmental nutrients, including glucose and the …