15:30 - 17:10
Defining group 2 innate lymphoid cell tissue niches
Ari B Molofsky
Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, United States

Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) are tissue resident cells that are key instigators of type 2 allergic immune responses. ILC2 can promote beneficial type 2 immunity in the context of helminth infection, but are also key contributors to the allergic pathology associated with asthma and atopic dermatitis. ILC2 are developmentally deposited in tissues where they locally proliferate, and recent work suggests their contribution to physiologic tissue responses during tissue development and tissue remodeling. Our group's prior work indicates adipose tissue ILC2s are key coordinators of a mixed regulatory/type 2 immune response which promotes adipose tissue function and is protective in models of obesity and type 2 diabetes. However, the cells and signals that regulate ILC2 in tissues are only beginning to be explored. In adipose tissue and elsewhere, the IL-1 family cytokine IL-33 is a dominant positive regulator of ILC2 function. As such, we have pursued the regulation and cellular sources of IL-33 that are proximal to tissue-resident ILC2. Using high-resolution imaging and genetic approaches, our studies suggest ILC2 are maintained in specific micro-anatomic tissue niches that are defined by subsets of non-hematopoietic IL-33 expressing cells. By defining these ILC2 niches, we hope to better understand the cells and signals that regulate ILC2 so that we may ultimately exert control over both beneficial and pathologic type 2 immune responses.


Reference:
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Session:
ICIS Award Lectures, Honorary Life Time Membership Award Lecture, Distinguished Service Award Presentation, 1st Place Milstein YI Award Presentation and ICIS President Lecture
Presenter/s:
Ari B Molofsky
Presentation type:
Oral Presentation
Room:
Ishikawa Ongakudō Hogaku Hall
Chair/s:
Bryan Williams, Nancy Reich, Tadatsugu Taniguchi
Date:
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Time:
16:05 - 16:25
Session times:
15:30 - 17:10