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. 2019 Apr 4;177(2):223-224.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.03.022.

Counting Calories: The Cost of Inflammation

Andrew Wang  1 , Ruslan Medzhitov  2
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Counting Calories: The Cost of Inflammation

Andrew Wang et al. Cell. .
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Abstract

A relationship between thermoregulation, metabolism, and the host response to infections has long been appreciated. In this study, Ganeshan and colleagues discover that the immune system regulates body temperature as a strategy to regulate metabolic rate, which in turn promotes tolerance to inflammatory damage.

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