Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

TGF-β induces ST2 and programs ILC2 development

  • Li Wang,
  • Jun Tang,
  • Xia Yang,
  • Peter Zanvit,
  • Kairong Cui,
  • Wai Lim Ku,
  • Wenwen Jin,
  • Dunfang Zhang,
  • Nathan Goldberg,
  • Alexander Cain,
  • Bing Ni,
  • Keji Zhao,
  • Yuzhang Wu,
  • WanJun Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13734-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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TGF-β is thought to be important for group 2 innate lymphoid cell (ILC2) function. Here the authors show that TGF-β drives expression of ST2 specifically in ILC2 progenitors and thereby is also important for the development of ILC2s in the bone marrow.