Science Signaling Podcast for 3 May 2016: Innate lymphoid cell plasticity

Eric Vivier; Rachel Golub; Annalisa M VanHook

doi:10.1126/scisignal.aaf9126

Science Signaling Podcast for 3 May 2016: Innate lymphoid cell plasticity

Sci Signal. 2016 May 3;9(426):pc10. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.aaf9126.

Authors

Eric Vivier¹, Rachel Golub², Annalisa M VanHook³

Affiliations

¹ Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Université d'Aix-Marseille UM2, Inserm, U1104, CNRS UMR7280, 13288 Marseille, France. Immunologie, Hôpital de la Conception, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille, 13385 Marseille, France.
² Institut Pasteur, Immunology Department, Lymphopoiesis Unit, 75015 Paris, France. Univ. Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Cellule Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France. Inserm U1223, 75015 Paris, France.
³ Web Editor, Science Signaling, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA.

PMID: 27141927
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aaf9126

Abstract

This Podcast features an interview with Rachel Golub and Eric Vivier, authors of two Research Articles that appear in the 3 May 2016 issue of Science Signaling, about plasticity of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs). ILCs are related to the T cells and B cells of the adaptive immune system, and they regulate immune responses by secreting cytokines. ILCs are a heterogeneous population of cells that can be classified into several subtypes. Type 3 ILCs (ILC3s) can be further subdivided into distinct subpopulations. Chea et al found that Notch signaling controlled the relative proportions of different ILC3 subtypes in the mouse intestine. A related study by Viant et al reports that the Notch and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling pathways antagonize one another to control the balance between different subsets of ILC3s. Both studies demonstrate that ILC3 fate is plastic and can be influenced by signals present in the microenvironment of these tissue-resident cells.Listen to Podcast.