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. 2023 Mar 8;14:1140749. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1140749

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Metabolic demands of DCs during homeostasis. Quiescent DCs in peripheral tissues require glucose and fatty acids as fuels to generate energy for cell maintenance and to build up intracellular glycogen and lipid storage. The metabolic state of quiescence is characterized by active oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), which is driven by the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle Biorender.com.