UGCG and the glycosphingolipid rheostat: a metabolic checkpoint governing immune activation and tumor immune evasion | Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
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Download PDF Subjects Immunotherapy Translational immunology In a recent study in Cell , Morrison et al. 1 identified Ugcg and B4galt5 as super-enhancer–driven genes essential for glycosphingolipid synthesis in natural killer (NK) cells and cytotoxic T cells. Genetic deletion or pharmacologic inhibition of UGCG disrupted cytotoxic granules, induced apoptosis, and blocked NK and CD8⁺ T cell expansion during viral infection, underscoring the critical role of glycosphingolipid metabolism in lymphocyte identity and effector function. The human genome contains over one million enhancers, but only a
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