Abstract
Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are a family of developmentally related cells that are involved in immunity and in tissue development and remodelling. Recent research has identified several distinct members of this family. Confusingly, many different names have been used to characterize these newly identified ILC subsets. Here, we propose that ILCs should be categorized into three groups based on the cytokines that they can produce and the transcription factors that regulate their development and function.
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10 January 2013
In the original version of this article published online, reference 11 was incorrect. This has now been replaced with the correct reference. The authors apologize for this error. In addition, references 24 and 25 have now been updated.
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Spits, H., Artis, D., Colonna, M. et al. Innate lymphoid cells — a proposal for uniform nomenclature. Nat Rev Immunol 13, 145–149 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nri3365
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