Friend or Foe of Innate Lymphoid Cells in Inflammation-associated Cardiovascular Disease.

Friend or Foe of Innate Lymphoid Cells in Inflammation-associated Cardiovascular Disease. Immunology. 2020 Sep 23;: Authors: Gong X, Xia L, Su Z Abstract As a distinctive population of leukocytes, innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) participate in immune-mediated diseases and play crucial roles in tissue remodeling after injury. ILC lineages can divide into helper ILCs and cytotoxic ILCs. Most helper ILCs are integrated into the fabric of tissues and produce different types of cytokines involving in the pathogenesis of many kinds of cardiovascular disease and form intricate response circuits with adaptive immune cells. However, the specific phenotype and function of helper ILC subsets in cardiovascular diseases, are still poorly understood. In this review, we firstly highlight the distribution of helper ILCs in cardiovascular system, and further discuss the potential contribution of helper ILCs in inflammation-associated cardiovascular disease. PMID: 32967038 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Immunology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Tags: Immunology Source Type: research