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BLOOD
Volume 113, Issue 17, Pages 4008-4010Publisher
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-12-192443
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Considerable functional heterogeneity within human natural killer (NK) cells has been revealed through the characterization of distinct NK-cell subsets. Accordingly, a small subset of CD56(+)NKp44(+)NK cells, termed NK-22 cells, was recently described within secondary lymphoid tissue (SLT) as IL-22(-) when resting, with a minor fraction of this population becoming IL-22(-) when activated. Here we discover that the vast majority of stage 3 immature NK (iNK) cells in SLT constitutively and selectively express IL-22, a T(H)17 cytokine important for mucosal immunity, whereas earlier and later stages of NK developmental intermediates do not express IL-22. These iNK cells have a surface phenotype of CD34(-)CD117(+)CD161(+)CD94(-), largely lack expression of NKp44 and CD56, and do not produce IFN-gamma or possess cytolytic activity. In summary, stage 3 iNK cells are highly enriched for IL-22 and IL-26 messenger RNA, and IL-22 protein production, but do not express IL-17A or IL-17F. (Blood. 2009;113:4008-4010)
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