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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Immunol. 2018 Dec 19;56:100–106. doi: 10.1016/j.coi.2018.11.003

Table 2: Human ILC progenitors in vitro analysis.

This table represents insight into the single cell in vitro culture conditions used in humans to determine lineage restriction and subsequent results.

Cell Identification (Lin-) Transcription factors Stromal cell use Length of culture (days) Cytokines NK cell ILC1 ILC2 ILC3 Refs
ETP1 CD34+CD117-CD94-CD10+ Tox OP9-DL1 28 IL-3, IL-7, KL, FL, IL-15 CD94+IFN-γ+ CD94-CD161+IFN-γ+ CD94-CD161+IL-13+ CD94-CD161+IL-22+ 22, 29
ETP2 CD34+CD117+IL-1R1-CD94- Tox, Id2, Nfil3 OP9-DL1 28 IL-3, IL-7,KL, FL, IL-15 CD94+IFN-γ+ CD94-CD161+IFN-γ+ CD94-CD161+IL-13+ CD94-CD161+IL-22+ 22, 29
CILP CD34+CD117+IL-1R1+CD94- Tox, Id2, Nfil3, AHR, Rorγt OP9-DL1 28 IL-3, IL-7, KL, FL, IL-15 CD94+IFN-γ+ CD94-CD161+IFN-γ+ CD94-CD161+IL-13+ CD94-CD161+IL-22+ 22, 29
ILCP CD34-CD117+IL-1R1+CD94- Tox, Tcf7, Id2, Plzf OP9, OP9-DL4 14–18 IL-2, IL-7, IL-1β, IL-23 CD7+CD94+Eomes+* CD7+CD94-Eomes-IFN-γ+* CD7+CD94-IL-13+ CD94-CD7+IL-22+and/or CD7+IL-17A+ 27
rILCP CD34-CD117+IL-1R1+CD56+ Tcf7, Plzf OP9-DL1 28 IL-2, IL-7, KL, FL CD94+ ** CD94-CD294+ CD94-NKp44+ 28
*

Indicates populations were not distinguished from one another in single cell cultures

**

Indicates population was not detected or tested for during this study