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NUTRIENTS
Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu9010068
Keywords
vitamin A; retinoic acid; innate immunity; dendritic cells; innate lymphoid cells
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- Swedish Research Council VR grant [K2015-68X-22765-01-6]
- Wallenberg Academy Fellow (WAF) program
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Vitamin A (VA) is amongst the most well characterized food-derived nutrients with diverse immune modulatory roles. Deficiency in dietary VA has not only been associated with immune dysfunctions in the gut, but also with several systemic immune disorders. In particular, VA metabolite all-trans retinoic acid (atRA) has been shown to be crucial in inducing gut tropism in lymphocytes and modulating T helper differentiation. In addition to the widely recognized role in adaptive immunity, increasing evidence identifies atRA as an important modulator of innate immune cells, such as tolerogenic dendritic cells (DCs) and innate lymphoid cells (ILCs). Here, we focus on the role of retinoic acid in differentiation, trafficking and the functions of innate immune cells in health and inflammation associated disorders. Lastly, we discuss the potential involvement of atRA during the plausible crosstalk between DCs and ILCs.
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