Zhou Liang, Ziwen Tang, Changjian Zhu, Feng Li, Shuaijiabin Chen, Xu Han, Ruilin Zheng, Xinrong Hu, Ruoni Lin, Qiaoqiao Pei, Changjun Yin, Ji Wang, Ce Tang, Nan Cao, Jincun Zhao, Rong Wang, Xiaoyan Li, Ning Luo, Qiong Wen, Jianwen Yu, Jianbo Li, Xi Xia, Xunhua Zheng, Xin Wang, Naya Huang, Zhong Zhong, Chengqiang Mo, Peisong Chen, Yating Wang, Jinjin Fan, Yun Guo, Haojie Zhong, Jiaqi Liu, Zhenwei Peng, Haiping Mao, Guo-Ping Shi, Joseph V Bonventre, Wei Chen, Yi Zhou
Group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) regulate inflammation and tissue repair at mucosal sites, but whether these functions pertain to other tissues-like the kidneys-remains unclear. Here, we observed that renal fibrosis in humans was associated with increased ILC3s in the kidneys and blood. In mice, we showed that CXCR6+ ILC3s rapidly migrated from the intestinal mucosa and accumulated in the kidney via CXCL16 released from the injured tubules. Within the fibrotic kidney, ILC3s increased the expression of programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and subsequent IL-17A production to directly activate myofibroblasts and fibrotic niche formation...
May 21, 2024: Immunity