Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Type-2 innate lymphoid cells control the development of atherosclerosis in mice

  • Stephen A. Newland,
  • Sarajo Mohanta,
  • Marc Clément,
  • Soraya Taleb,
  • Jennifer A. Walker,
  • Meritxell Nus,
  • Andrew P. Sage,
  • Changjun Yin,
  • Desheng Hu,
  • Lauren L. Kitt,
  • Alison J. Finigan,
  • Hans-Reimer Rodewald,
  • Christoph J. Binder,
  • Andrew N. J. McKenzie,
  • Andreas J. Habenicht,
  • Ziad Mallat

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15781
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Type-2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) affect adipose tissue metabolism and function. Here the authors show that the ILC2 are present in para-aortic adipose tissue and represent a major source of IL-5 and IL-13 required for mounting atheroprotective immunity, which can be altered by high fat diet.