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The transcription factor Bcl11b is specifically expressed in group 2 innate lymphoid cells and is essential for their development

Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILCs), or ILC2s, are a subset of recently identified ILCs, which play important roles in innate immunity by producing type 2 effector cytokines. Several transcription factors have been found to have critical functions in the development of both ILC2s and T cells. We report here that Bcl11b, a transcription factor essential in T cell lineage commitment and maintenance, is specifically expressed in progenitors committed to the ILC2 lineage and is required for ILC2 development. The Bcl11b gene is expressed in ∼28% of ILC progenitors (ILCPs; common helper innate lymphoid progenitors or ILCPs expressing either ID2 or promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger, respectively). Both in vitro and in vivo, these Bcl11b-expressing early ILCPs generate only ILC2s. Inactivation of Bcl11b causes a complete loss of ILC2 development from hematopoietic progenitors, which is confirmed upon immune challenge with either papain administration or influenza virus infection.
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20142318
Authors: Yong Yu, Cui Wang, Simon Clare, Juexuan Wang, Song-Choon Lee, Cordelia Brandt, Shannon Burke, Liming Lu, Daqian He, Nancy A. Jenkins, Neal G. Copeland, Gordon Dougan, Pentao Liu
Institutions: Wellcome Sanger Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Institute of Immunology, Houston Methodist, Houston Methodist Research Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Immunology
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W1898649886
FWCI: 10.69
Cites: 32
Cited by: 167
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