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Annual Review of Immunology

Volume 34, 2016

The Innate Lymphoid Cell Precursor

Abstract

The discovery of tissue-resident innate lymphoid cell populations effecting different forms of type 1, 2, and 3 immunity; tissue repair; and immune regulation has transformed our understanding of mucosal immunity and allergy. The emerging complexity of these populations along with compounding issues of redundancy and plasticity raise intriguing questions about their precise lineage relationship. Here we review advances in mapping the emergence of these lineages from early lymphoid precursors. We discuss the identification of a common innate lymphoid cell precursor characterized by transient expression of the transcription factor PLZF, and the lineage relationships of innate lymphoid cells with conventional natural killer cells and lymphoid tissue inducer cells. We also review the rapidly growing understanding of the network of transcription factors that direct the development of these lineages.

Keyword(s): innate lymphoid cell development, innate lymphoid cell precursor, promyelocytic leukemia zinc factor, transcription factors
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2016-05-20
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The Innate Lymphoid Cell Precursor
Annual Review of Immunology 34, 299 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-immunol-041015-055549
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