Fructose sweetens the adipocyte-T cell alliance against tumors.

Zhou, Peipei; Chi, Hongbo · Cell Metab · 2023

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Abstract

Dietary fructose is implicated in tumorigenesis, but whether dietary fructose regulates antitumor immunity remains elusive. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Zhang et al. show that dietary fructose promotes adipocyte-derived leptin production, which attenuates terminal exhaustion programming and boosts the effector function of CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells for improved tumor control.

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