Agitation by suffocation: how hypoxia activates innate immunity via the Warburg effect.

Wen, Haitao; Ting, Jenny P-Y · Cell Metab · 2013

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Abstract

A hypoxic microenvironment can enhance the function of innate immune cells; however, the mechanisms remain unclear. Tannahill et al. (2013) find that in macrophages, the accumulation of succinate, an intermediate metabolite of the tricarboxylic acid cycle, stabilizes the transcription factor HIF-1α, leading to activation of the proinflammatory cytokine IL-1β.

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