Human RORγt+ CD34+ cells are lineage-specified progenitors of group 3 RORγt+ innate lymphoid cells
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ABSTRACT: Group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3) are defined by the expression of RORγt, which is selectively required for their development. The lineage-specified progenitor cells of human ILC3 and their developmental site after birth remain undefined. Here we identified a novel population of human CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC) expressing RORγt and sharing with ILC3 a distinct transcriptional signature. RORγt+ CD34+ HPC were located in tonsils and intestinal lamina propria (LP) and selectively differentiated towards ILC3. Conversely, RORγt- CD34+ HPC displayed commitment potential for both ILC3 and NK cells and the differentiation fate towards these two cell lineages was determined by cytokine and aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) signaling. Thus, we propose that RORγt+ CD34+ cells represent human lineage-specified progenitors of IL-22+ ILC3 and that tonsils as well as intestinal LP might be preferential sites of their differentiation.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE63197 | GEO | 2014/11/25
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA266980
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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