Table 1 Phenotypes and functions of innate lymphoid cells in humans and mice

From: The unique role of innate lymphoid cells in cancer and the hepatic microenvironment

 

Group 1 ILCs

Group 2 ILCs

Group 3 ILCs

Subsets

NK cells

ILC1s

ILC2s

NCR+ ILC3s

NCR ILC3s

LTi cells

Effector function/mediators

IFN-γ, granzymes, perforin

IL-4, IL-5, IL-13, IL-9, AREG

IL-17, IL-22, GM-CSF

RANK, lymphotoxin, TNF-α, IL-17, IL-22

Transcription factors

T-BET, EOMES

T-BET, EOMESh

GATA3, RORα

RORγt, AhR

Surface markers

  Mouse

CD49b, NK1.1, NKp46, KLRG1, CD122

CD49a, NK1.1, NKp46, TRAIL, CD200R, CD122, CD127

CD127, KLRG1, CD25, ST2

CD127, NKp46,

CD127, CCR6, CD4

CD127, CCR6

  Human

CD16, CD56, NKp46, NKp30, NKp80, KLRG1, KIR, CD122, CD127

NKp46, TRAIL, CD200R, CD122 CD49a, CD127

CD127, KLRG1, CD25, CD161

CD127, NKp46, CCR6, CD56, NKp44

CD127, CCR6

CD127, CCR6, CD7

  1. Italics, molecules that are not consistently expressed or show variable expression or expression only on specific subsets
  2. h, expression in human cells only