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. 2021 Feb 5;20:28. doi: 10.1186/s12943-021-01316-8

Table 1.

Different metabolic ways of immune cells

Type Cell subtypes Metabolic patterns Reference
T cell Naïve T cell

FAO

OXPHOS

Glutamine metabolism

[3335]
Treg cell

OXPHOS

FAO

[36]
Effector T cell

Glycolysis

OXPHOS

[37, 38]
Memory T cell

FAO

OXPHOS

[39, 40]
B cell

B cell (resting)

Activated B cell

Glycolysis

Glycolysis

[41, 42]
Macrophages M1

Glycolysis

Pentose phosphate pathway

[43, 44]
M2

OXPHOS

FAO

[45, 46]
Neutrophils - Glycolysis [47, 48]
NK cell - Glycolysis [41]
DCs DCs (resting) OXPHOS [49, 50]
DCs (active) Glycolysis