Muscle immune cells protect mitochondrial organelles during exercise

Nature. 2024 Jan;625(7993):35-36. doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03972-w.

Abstract

A suppressive type of immune cell called a regulatory T cell has a key role in helping muscles to adapt to exercise — guarding muscle mitochondrial organelles against damage mediated by proinflammatory factors generated during physical activity.

Keywords: Cell biology; Immunology; Physiology.

Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • Exercise* / physiology
  • Mitochondria*
  • Mitochondria, Muscle / metabolism
  • Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism
  • Muscles