Fat chance of male and female equality in tumour immunity

Sarah Zipkowitz; Laura A. Sena

doi:10.1038/s42255-026-01469-0

Fat chance of male and female equality in tumour immunity

Sarah Zipkowitz
, Laura A. Sena

School of Medicine

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In this issue of Nature Metabolism, Madi et al. show that triacylglycerol synthesis in T cells is essential for male, but not female, antitumour immune responses through sequestration of toxic lipids increased by androgen receptor signalling.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	534-535
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Metabolism
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-026-01469-0
State	Published - Mar 2026

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Internal Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Physiology (medical)
Cell Biology

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