TCF-1 upregulation identifies early innate lymphoid progenitors in the bone marrow

[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] Mice [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] T Cell Transcription Factor 1 Animals Bone Marrow Cells Lymphocytes Flow Cytometry Microarray Analysis Article Cells, Cultured Immunity, Innate Up-Regulation
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3248 Publication Date: 2015-08-17T16:15:50Z
ABSTRACT
The cellular and molecular events that drive the early development of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) remain poorly understood. We show that the transcription factor TCF-1 is required for the efficient generation of all known adult ILC subsets and their precursors. Using novel reporter mice, we identified a new subset of early ILC progenitors (EILPs) expressing high amounts of TCF-1. EILPs lacked efficient T and B lymphocyte potential but efficiently gave rise to NK cells and all known adult helper ILC lineages, indicating that they are the earliest ILC-committed progenitors identified so far. Our results suggest that upregulation of TCF-1 expression denotes the earliest stage of ILC fate specification. The discovery of EILPs provides a basis for deciphering additional signals that specify ILC fate.
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