Publication: The evolution of innate lymphoid cells

Published in: Nature Immunology, 2016, 17 (7), pp.790-794. ⟨10.1038/ni.3459⟩

Authors: Eric Vivier, Serge A. van De Pavert, Max D. Cooper, Gabrielle T. Belz

Summary

Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are the most recently discovered group of immune cells. Understanding their biology poses many challenges. We discuss here the current knowledge on the appearance of ILC subsets during evolution and propose how the connection between ILCs and T cells contributes to the robustness of immunity and hence to the fitness of the hosts.

Link to Pubmed [PMID] – 27328009

Link to HAL – hal-04831547

Link to DOI – 10.1038/ni.3459