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Techniques for Profiling Immune Cell Metabolism
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Kenneth Ting

Kenneth Ting

University of Toronto, University Health Network

Dr. Kenneth Ting completed his BSc in Immunology, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Toronto in 2016. He then obtained his PhD in Immunology from the University of Toronto in 2023, where he identified that the competition of NADPH consumption in activated macrophages is critical for mediating the crosstalk between HIF-1α and Nrf2-dependent transcriptional regulation.

Collection Overview

Recent advances in immunometabolism have demonstrated the importance of metabolic reprogramming in supporting the activation and effector functions of immune cells. Specifically, metabolic enzymes and metabolites have been shown to perform moonlighting functions, such as regulation of inflammation, in addition to their traditional metabolic roles. However, to fully understand their roles in orchestrating an inflammatory response in immune cells, specific techniques are required to assess the metabolic parameters of immune cells, such as the abundance and fate of metabolites, the activity, and localization of metabolic enzymes, as well as the direction of metabolic fluxes and the activity level of different metabolic pathways. In this Methods Collection, we are looking to feature innovative techniques that profile the metabolism of immune cells, including, but not limited to, seahorse analyzer assays of specific immune cell types, targeted and untargeted metabolomics, enzymatic cycling assays, or genetically encoded metabolic sensors. Novel assays that characterize the metabolic profiles of immune cell populations in vivo also fall within the scope of the topic.  

Articles

Assessment of Glutamine as a Fuel Source for Alveolar Macrophages Exposed to Chronic Ethanol Using an Extracellular Flux Bioanalyzer
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Assessment of Glutamine as a Fuel Source for Alveolar Macrophages Exposed to Chronic Ethanol Using an Extracellular Flux Bioanalyzer

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2024

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Abstracts

Profiling glycolytic shift in primary microglia using Seahorse analyzer

Aysika Das1,

Deepak Kaushik*1

1Memorial University of Newfoundland