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Trained immunity, an altered response to a later challenge after the first has ended

Trained immunity, an altered response to a later challenge after the first has ended. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.

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  1. Activation of the cholesterol synthesis pathway but not the synthesis of cholesterol itself is essential for training of myeloid cells, rather the metabolite mevalonate is the mediator of training via activation of IGF1-R and mTOR and subsequent histone modifications in inflammatory pathways, statins which block mevalonate generation prevent trained immunity induction, and monocytes of patients with hyper immunoglobulin D syndrome who are mevalonate kinase deficient and accumulate mevalonate have a constitutive trained immunity phenotype at both immunological and epigenetic levels.

    Mevalonate → Trained immunity, an altered response to a later challenge after the first has ended source_derived_draftungraded
    Experimental context and source evidence
    evidence_span
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    experimental_model
    Pharmacological and genetic dissection of the cholesterol synthesis pathway, with monocytes from patients accumulating mevalonate
    exposure
    Training of myeloid cells with statins to block mevalonate generation, and monocytes from mevalonate kinase deficient patients
    limitations
    The patient arm is a natural experiment in the opposite direction, which is what makes the mevalonate assignment convincing. The statin result is inhibition of an induced laboratory response.
    nutrient_topic
    Beta-glucan research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and each preparation is recorded as its own entity with no family link joining any pair. · Beta-glucan
    organism
    Human
    plain_language
    It is the intermediate and not the cholesterol that does the training, and people who cannot clear that intermediate are permanently trained.
    primary_references
    [bg-p29328908] Metabolic Induction of Trained Immunity through the Mevalonate Pathway. (2018). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29328908/ DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.11.025
    tissue_or_cell_type
    Monocyte

    Beta-glucan: a structural family rather than an agent, what decides whether a bound glucan actually signals, the complement route that a cereal and a yeast preparation share, and the unequal human evidence behind each (2026-09-22) · lines 463–474

    AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Pharmacological and genetic dissection of the cholesterol synthesis pathway, with monocytes from patients accumulating mevalonate · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft

    ### bg-mevalonate-not-cholesterol-trains Activation of the cholesterol synthesis pathway but not the synthesis of cholesterol itself is essential for training of myeloid cells, rather the metabolite mevalonate is the mediator of training via activation of IGF1-R and mTOR and subsequent histone modifications in inflammatory pathways, statins which block mevalonate generation prevent trained immunity induction, and monocytes of patients with hyper immunoglobulin D syndrome who are mevalonate kinase deficient and accumulate mevalonate have a constitutive trained immunity phenotype at both immunological and epigenetic levels. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Beta-glucan research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and each preparation is recorded as its own entity with no family link joining any pair. plain_language: It is the intermediate and not the cholesterol that does the training, and people who cannot clear that intermediate are permanently trained. organism: Human tissue_or_cell_type: Monocyte experimental_model: Pharmacological and genetic dissection of the cholesterol synthesis pathway, with monocytes from patients accumulating mevalonate limitations: The patient arm is a natural experiment in the opposite direction, which is what makes the mevalonate assignment convincing. The statin result is inhibition of an induced laboratory response. exposure: Training of myeloid cells with statins to block mevalonate generation, and monocytes from mevalonate kinase deficient patients evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/glucan-research/29328908.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "c7d8052926f6be1dad87fedf0023f60ac5441b04f9b8e180c4b1e07edc83eb03", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1173, "text_sha256": "c7d8052926f6be1dad87fedf0023f60ac5441b04f9b8e180c4b1e07edc83eb03"} [bg-p29328908] Metabolic Induction of Trained Immunity through the Mevalonate Pathway. (2018). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29328908/ DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.11.025
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  2. Trained monocytes display high glucose consumption, high lactate production and a high ratio of NAD+ to NADH, reflecting a shift in metabolism with an increase in glycolysis dependent on the activation of mammalian target of rapamycin through a dectin-1-Akt-HIF-1 alpha pathway, inhibition of Akt, mTOR or HIF-1 alpha blocked monocyte induction of trained immunity whereas the AMP-activated protein kinase activator metformin inhibited the innate immune response to fungal infection, and mice with a myeloid cell-specific defect in HIF-1 alpha were unable to mount trained immunity against bacterial sepsis.

    Glycolysis → Trained immunity, an altered response to a later challenge after the first has ended source_derived_draftungraded
    Experimental context and source evidence
    evidence_span
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    experimental_model
    Histone modification profiling and genome-wide transcriptome of trained human monocytes, with pathway inhibition and a myeloid conditional knockout
    exposure
    Beta-glucan training with inhibition of Akt, mTOR or HIF-1 alpha, and metformin as an AMPK activator
    limitations
    The metformin result is an experimental inhibition of an induced response, not a clinical interaction study.
    nutrient_topic
    Beta-glucan research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and each preparation is recorded as its own entity with no family link joining any pair. · Beta-glucan
    organism
    Human cells and mouse
    plain_language
    The rewiring costs energy: block the cell from burning glucose the fast way and the training does not take.
    primary_references
    [bg-p25258083] mTOR- and HIF-1α-mediated aerobic glycolysis as metabolic basis for trained immunity. (2014). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25258083/ DOI: 10.1126/science.1250684
    tissue_or_cell_type
    Monocyte

    Beta-glucan: a structural family rather than an agent, what decides whether a bound glucan actually signals, the complement route that a cereal and a yeast preparation share, and the unequal human evidence behind each (2026-09-22) · lines 437–448

    AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Histone modification profiling and genome-wide transcriptome of trained human monocytes, with pathway inhibition and a myeloid conditional knockout · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft

    ### bg-training-needs-aerobic-glycolysis Trained monocytes display high glucose consumption, high lactate production and a high ratio of NAD+ to NADH, reflecting a shift in metabolism with an increase in glycolysis dependent on the activation of mammalian target of rapamycin through a dectin-1-Akt-HIF-1 alpha pathway, inhibition of Akt, mTOR or HIF-1 alpha blocked monocyte induction of trained immunity whereas the AMP-activated protein kinase activator metformin inhibited the innate immune response to fungal infection, and mice with a myeloid cell-specific defect in HIF-1 alpha were unable to mount trained immunity against bacterial sepsis. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Beta-glucan research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and each preparation is recorded as its own entity with no family link joining any pair. plain_language: The rewiring costs energy: block the cell from burning glucose the fast way and the training does not take. organism: Human cells and mouse tissue_or_cell_type: Monocyte experimental_model: Histone modification profiling and genome-wide transcriptome of trained human monocytes, with pathway inhibition and a myeloid conditional knockout limitations: The metformin result is an experimental inhibition of an induced response, not a clinical interaction study. exposure: Beta-glucan training with inhibition of Akt, mTOR or HIF-1 alpha, and metformin as an AMPK activator evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/glucan-research/25258083.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "68c4cae9a0e4477a52864e63ecaf5ec977752b5d3246a9ba54aa22d160e41872", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1225, "text_sha256": "68c4cae9a0e4477a52864e63ecaf5ec977752b5d3246a9ba54aa22d160e41872"} [bg-p25258083] mTOR- and HIF-1α-mediated aerobic glycolysis as metabolic basis for trained immunity. (2014). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25258083/ DOI: 10.1126/science.1250684
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  3. Mice lacking functional T and B lymphocytes are protected against reinfection with Candida albicans in a monocyte-dependent manner, C. albicans and fungal cell wall beta-glucans induced functional reprogramming of monocytes leading to enhanced cytokine production in vivo and in vitro, the training required the beta-glucan receptor dectin-1 and the noncanonical Raf-1 pathway, and monocyte training by beta-glucans was associated with stable changes in histone trimethylation at H3K4 which suggests the involvement of epigenetic mechanisms.

    Beta-glucan → Trained immunity, an altered response to a later challenge after the first has ended source_derived_draftungraded
    Experimental context and source evidence
    evidence_span
    {"source_cache": "artifacts/glucan-research/22901542.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "75bc4bedb7017f3d94d8f7441862392ddca229ed16f93eb528d3f9df3da66408", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1067, "text_sha256": "75bc4bedb7017f3d94d8f7441862392ddca229ed16f93eb528d3f9df3da66408"}
    experimental_model
    Reinfection protection in mice lacking functional T and B lymphocytes, with monocyte reprogramming in vitro and in vivo
    exposure
    Candida albicans and fungal cell wall beta-glucans as the training stimulus, with the first exposure resolved before rechallenge
    limitations
    The Raf-1 dependence belongs to this training protocol. It does not establish that every beta-glucan training protocol is independent of the canonical Syk route.
    nutrient_topic
    Beta-glucan research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and each preparation is recorded as its own entity with no family link joining any pair. · Beta-glucan
    organism
    Mouse
    plain_language
    Animals with no adaptive immune system at all were still protected the second time, because their monocytes had been rewired.
    primary_references
    [bg-p22901542] Candida albicans infection affords protection against reinfection via functional reprogramming of monocytes. (2012). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22901542/ DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2012.06.006
    tissue_or_cell_type
    Monocyte

    Beta-glucan: a structural family rather than an agent, what decides whether a bound glucan actually signals, the complement route that a cereal and a yeast preparation share, and the unequal human evidence behind each (2026-09-22) · lines 424–435

    AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Reinfection protection in mice lacking functional T and B lymphocytes, with monocyte reprogramming in vitro and in vivo · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft

    ### bg-training-runs-through-raf1 Mice lacking functional T and B lymphocytes are protected against reinfection with Candida albicans in a monocyte-dependent manner, C. albicans and fungal cell wall beta-glucans induced functional reprogramming of monocytes leading to enhanced cytokine production in vivo and in vitro, the training required the beta-glucan receptor dectin-1 and the noncanonical Raf-1 pathway, and monocyte training by beta-glucans was associated with stable changes in histone trimethylation at H3K4 which suggests the involvement of epigenetic mechanisms. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Beta-glucan research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and each preparation is recorded as its own entity with no family link joining any pair. plain_language: Animals with no adaptive immune system at all were still protected the second time, because their monocytes had been rewired. organism: Mouse tissue_or_cell_type: Monocyte experimental_model: Reinfection protection in mice lacking functional T and B lymphocytes, with monocyte reprogramming in vitro and in vivo limitations: The Raf-1 dependence belongs to this training protocol. It does not establish that every beta-glucan training protocol is independent of the canonical Syk route. exposure: Candida albicans and fungal cell wall beta-glucans as the training stimulus, with the first exposure resolved before rechallenge evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/glucan-research/22901542.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "75bc4bedb7017f3d94d8f7441862392ddca229ed16f93eb528d3f9df3da66408", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1067, "text_sha256": "75bc4bedb7017f3d94d8f7441862392ddca229ed16f93eb528d3f9df3da66408"} [bg-p22901542] Candida albicans infection affords protection against reinfection via functional reprogramming of monocytes. (2012). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22901542/ DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2012.06.006
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  1. Network-level integration of transcriptomics and metabolomics data identifies glycolysis, glutaminolysis and the cholesterol synthesis pathway as indispensable for the induction of trained immunity by beta-glucan in monocytes, accumulation of fumarate due to glutamine replenishment of the TCA cycle integrates immune and metabolic circuits to induce monocyte epigenetic reprogramming by inhibiting KDM5 histone demethylases, fumarate itself induced an epigenetic program similar to beta-glucan-induced trained immunity, and inhibition of glutaminolysis and cholesterol synthesis in mice reduced the induction of trained immunity by beta-glucan.

    Fumarate → KDM5 histone demethylases source_derived_draftungraded
    Experimental context and source evidence
    evidence_span
    {"source_cache": "artifacts/glucan-research/27866838.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "c67ca385f9dd5e9e97432aa9141a594b7121acca8eea6eba3d0738fed75deba8", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1031, "text_sha256": "c67ca385f9dd5e9e97432aa9141a594b7121acca8eea6eba3d0738fed75deba8"}
    experimental_model
    Network integration of transcriptomics and metabolomics with pathway inhibition in monocytes and in mice
    exposure
    Beta-glucan training with inhibition of glutaminolysis and cholesterol synthesis, and fumarate given alone
    limitations
    Fumarate reproducing the epigenetic programme on its own is the strongest part. The link runs through inhibition of a demethylase, which is not the same modification as an acetylation mark.
    nutrient_topic
    Beta-glucan research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and each preparation is recorded as its own entity with no family link joining any pair. · Beta-glucan
    organism
    Human cells and mouse
    plain_language
    A metabolite piles up and jams the enzyme that would strip the marks off, so the marks stay.
    primary_references
    [bg-p27866838] Glutaminolysis and Fumarate Accumulation Integrate Immunometabolic and Epigenetic Programs in Trained Immunity. (2016). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27866838/ DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2016.10.008
    tissue_or_cell_type
    Monocyte

    Beta-glucan: a structural family rather than an agent, what decides whether a bound glucan actually signals, the complement route that a cereal and a yeast preparation share, and the unequal human evidence behind each (2026-09-22) · lines 450–461

    AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Network integration of transcriptomics and metabolomics with pathway inhibition in monocytes and in mice · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft

    ### bg-fumarate-blocks-a-demethylase Network-level integration of transcriptomics and metabolomics data identifies glycolysis, glutaminolysis and the cholesterol synthesis pathway as indispensable for the induction of trained immunity by beta-glucan in monocytes, accumulation of fumarate due to glutamine replenishment of the TCA cycle integrates immune and metabolic circuits to induce monocyte epigenetic reprogramming by inhibiting KDM5 histone demethylases, fumarate itself induced an epigenetic program similar to beta-glucan-induced trained immunity, and inhibition of glutaminolysis and cholesterol synthesis in mice reduced the induction of trained immunity by beta-glucan. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Beta-glucan research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and each preparation is recorded as its own entity with no family link joining any pair. plain_language: A metabolite piles up and jams the enzyme that would strip the marks off, so the marks stay. organism: Human cells and mouse tissue_or_cell_type: Monocyte experimental_model: Network integration of transcriptomics and metabolomics with pathway inhibition in monocytes and in mice limitations: Fumarate reproducing the epigenetic programme on its own is the strongest part. The link runs through inhibition of a demethylase, which is not the same modification as an acetylation mark. exposure: Beta-glucan training with inhibition of glutaminolysis and cholesterol synthesis, and fumarate given alone evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/glucan-research/27866838.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "c67ca385f9dd5e9e97432aa9141a594b7121acca8eea6eba3d0738fed75deba8", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1031, "text_sha256": "c67ca385f9dd5e9e97432aa9141a594b7121acca8eea6eba3d0738fed75deba8"} [bg-p27866838] Glutaminolysis and Fumarate Accumulation Integrate Immunometabolic and Epigenetic Programs in Trained Immunity. (2016). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27866838/ DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2016.10.008
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