Figure 5.
Proliferative CD117-CRTH2-CD45RA+ ILCs are present in the circulation and in human umbilical cord blood. (A) CD45RA surface expression by CD117-CRTH2- ILCs from the blood of HSPC-engrafted MISTRG mice, human umbilical cord blood, and human adult blood (n = 3). (B) Flow cytometry analysis of intracellular Ki67 expression by human CD117-CRTH2-CD34-CD45RA+ ILCs, CRTH2+ ILC2s, and CD117+CRTH2- ILC3s from the blood of HSPC-engrafted MISTRG mice as well as from human cord blood and human adult blood (n = 3). ILCs were gated as human CD45+CD127+CD94-CD3-TCRαβ-Lin- cells as in Supplementary Figure 1. (C) Frequencies of Ki67+ human CD117-CRTH2-CD34-CD45RA+ and CD117-CRTH2-CD34-CD45RA- ILCs in human cord blood and adult blood (n = 3). *, P <0.05 by Student’s t test. Data represent mean ± SEM and are from three independent experiments.