S1P-dependent interorgan trafficking of group 2 innate lymphoid cells supports host defense
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Huang, Yuefeng, Kairui Mao, Xi Chen, et al. “S1P-Dependent Interorgan Trafficking of Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells Supports Host Defense.” Science 359, no. 6371 (2018): 114–19. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aam5809.
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Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are innate counterparts of adaptive T lymphocytes, contributing to host defense, tissue repair, metabolic homeostasis, and inflammatory diseases. ILCs have been considered to be tissue-resident cells, but whether ILCs move between tissue sites during infection has been unclear. We show here that interleukin-25– or helminth-induced inflammatory ILC2s are circulating cells that arise from resting ILC2s residing in intestinal lamina propria. They migrate to diverse tissues based on sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P)–mediated chemotaxis that promotes lymphatic entry, blood circulation, and accumulation in peripheral sites, including the lung, where they contribute to anti-helminth defense and tissue repair. This ILC2 expansion and migration is a behavioral parallel to the antigen-driven proliferation and migration of adaptive lymphocytes to effector sites and indicates that ILCs complement adaptive immunity by providing both local and distant tissue protection during infection.