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NATURE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 17, Issue 2, Pages 169-178Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3318
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- US National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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The transcription factor GATA-3 is indispensable for the development of all innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) that express the interleukin 7 receptor alpha-chain (IL-7R alpha). However, the function of low GATA-3 expression in committed group 3 ILCs (ILC3 cells) has not been identified. We found that GATA-3 regulated the homeostasis of ILC3 cells by controlling IL-7Ra expression. In addition, GATA-3 served a critical function in the development of the NKp46(+) ILC3 subset by regulating the balance between the transcription factors T-bet and ROR gamma t. Among NKp46(+) ILC3 cells, although GATA-3 positively regulated genes specific to the NKp46(+) ILC3 subset, it negatively regulated genes specific to lymphoid tissue-inducer (LTi) or LTi-like ILC3 cells. Furthermore, GATA-3 was required for IL-22 production in both ILC3 subsets. Thus, despite its low expression, GATA-3 was critical for the homeostasis, development and function of ILC3 subsets.
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