Expression data from small intestinal Lin-c-Kit+Sca-1- cells and Lin-c-Kit-Sca-1- cells.

Small intestinal innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are known to regulate intestinal epithelial cell homeostasis and to help prevent pathogenic bacterial infections, by producing IL-22. However, other functions of these cells and the lineal relationship between ILCs and lymphoid or myeloid cells have not been clear.

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Lee Y, Kumagai Y, Jang MS, Kim JH, Yang BG, Lee EJ, Kim YM, Akira S, Jang MH