Abstract
The lungs represent a complex immune setting, balancing external environmental signals with a poised immune response that must protect from infection, mediate tissue repair, and maintain lung function. Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) play a central role in tissue repair and homeostasis, and mediate protective immunity in a variety of mucosal tissues, including the lung. All three ILC subsets are present in the airways of both mice and humans; and ILC2s shown to have pivotal roles in asthma, airway hyper-responsiveness, and parasitic worm infection. The involvement of ILC3s in respiratory diseases is less well-defined, but they are known to be critical in homeostasis, infection and inflammation at other mucosal barriers, such as the gut. Moreover, they are important players in the IL17/IL22 axis, which is key to lung health. In this review, we discuss the emerging role of ILC3s in the context of infectious and inflammatory lung diseases, with a focus on data from human subjects.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 92 |
| Journal | Frontiers in Immunology |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | JAN |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by Wellcome Trust by AL Grant No. 210662/Z/18/Z; HK Grant No. 202485/Z/16/Z.
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Keywords
- Airway hypersensitivity
- COPD
- ILC3
- Lung disease
- Pnemonia
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Tuberulosis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology and Allergy
- Immunology
