1. A Progenitor Cell Expressing Transcription Factor RORγt Generates All Human Innate Lymphoid Cell Subsets.
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Scoville SD, Mundy-Bosse BL, Zhang MH, Chen L, Zhang X, Keller KA, Hughes T, Chen L, Cheng S, Bergin SM, Mao HC, McClory S, Yu J, Carson WE 3rd, Caligiuri MA, and Freud AG
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- Adult, Animals, Antigens, CD34 metabolism, Cell Differentiation, Cell Line, Child, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Immunity, Innate, Leukocyte Common Antigens metabolism, Mice, Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3 genetics, Killer Cells, Natural physiology, Lymph Nodes immunology, Lymphocyte Subsets physiology, Lymphoid Progenitor Cells physiology, Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3 metabolism, Palatine Tonsil immunology
- Abstract
The current model of murine innate lymphoid cell (ILC) development holds that mouse ILCs are derived downstream of the common lymphoid progenitor through lineage-restricted progenitors. However, corresponding lineage-restricted progenitors in humans have yet to be discovered. Here we identified a progenitor population in human secondary lymphoid tissues (SLTs) that expressed the transcription factor RORγt and was unique in its ability to generate all known ILC subsets, including natural killer (NK) cells, but not other leukocyte populations. In contrast to murine fate-mapping data, which indicate that only ILC3s express Rorγt, these human progenitor cells as well as human peripheral blood NK cells and all mature ILC populations expressed RORγt. Thus, all human ILCs can be generated through an RORγt(+) developmental pathway from a common progenitor in SLTs. These findings help establish the developmental signals and pathways involved in human ILC development., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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