Research

The Lynch Lab studies immunometabolism- how the immune and metabolic systems interact. Our research focuses on the role of innate immune cells in regulating systemic metabolism, and coming full circle to the effects of altered metabolism on immune cell function. Thus, we study immunometabolism at both the organismal and cell-intrinsic level, which is at an exciting time of convergence. We use obesity and diabetes as well as the tumor microenvironment as models to show how the nutrient supply or diet can influence immune cell functions through altering their cellular metabolism. We use state of the art techniques including imaging comprehensive whole body analysis to study immunometabolic interactions in vivo. Save

Distinct iNKT Cell Populations Use IFNγ or ER Stress-Induced IL-10 to Control Adipose Tissue Homeostasis

Adipose tissue invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are phenotypically…

Single cell RNA-Seq

The Lynch Lab is now utilizing in-house single cell RNA-Seq…

Convergence of Systemic and Cellular Immunometabolism

Lean adipose tissue is characterized by an enrichment of…

Innate immune cells in adipose tissue

The immune system in adipose tissue is largely under-appreciated,…

Adipose iNKT cells

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally. At least 2.8…

γδ T cells

The lab studies γδ T cells in humans and mice, and the transcriptional…

NK Cells

One key aspect of our research is to understand the effects of…