Composition, Development, and Function of Uterine Innate Lymphoid Cells
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Journal Article
Abstract
Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs), including NK cells, contribute to barrier immunity and tissue homeostasis. In addition to the role of uterine NK cells in placentation and fetal growth, other uterine ILCs (uILCs) are likely to play roles in uterine physiology and pathology. In this article, we report on the composition of uILCs in the endometrium during the luteal phase and in the decidua during early pregnancy. Whereas nonkiller uILC1s and uILC2s are barely detectable in mouse and not detected in humans, a sizeable population of uILC3s is found in human endometrium and decidua, which are mostly NCR+ and partially overlap with previously described IL-22–producing uterine NK cells. Development of mouse uILC3 is Nfil3 independent, suggesting unique features of uILCs. Indeed, although the cytokine production profile of mouse uILCs recapitulates that described in other tissues, IL-5, IL-17, and IL-22 are constitutively produced by uILC2s and uILC3s. This study lays the foundation to understand how ILCs function in the specialized uterine mucosa, both in tissue homeostasis and barrier immunity and during pregnancy.
Date Issued
2015-09-14
Date Acceptance
2015-08-12
Citation
Journal of Immunology, 2015, 195 (8), pp.3937-3945
ISSN
0022-1767
Publisher
American Association of Immunologists
Start Page
3937
End Page
3945
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Immunology
Volume
195
Issue
8
Copyright Statement
© 2015 The Authors. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY 3.0 Unported license.
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Sponsor
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Grant Number
G0901737
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Immunology
NATURAL-KILLER-CELLS
DECIDUAL STROMAL CELLS
NK CELLS
T-BET
REPRODUCTIVE-PERFORMANCE
DIFFERENTIATION
TRANSCRIPTION
EXPRESSION
NFIL3
EOMES
Adult
Animals
Cytokines
Endometrium
Female
Humans
Lymphocytes
Mice
Pregnancy
1107 Immunology
Publication Status
Published