Interleukin-22 Protects Intestinal Stem Cells from Immune-Mediated Tissue Damage and Regulates Sensitivity to Graft versus Host Disease
Hanash A, Dudakov J, Hua G, O’Connor M, Young L, Singer N, West M, Jenq R, Holland A, Kappel L, Ghosh A, Tsai J, Rao U, Yim N, Smith O, Velardi E, Hawryluk E, Murphy G, Liu C, Fouser L, Kolesnick R, Blazar B, van den Brink M. Interleukin-22 Protects Intestinal Stem Cells from Immune-Mediated Tissue Damage and Regulates Sensitivity to Graft versus Host Disease. Immunity 2012, 37: 339-350. PMID: 22921121, PMCID: PMC3477611, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.05.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIL-23-responsive innate lymphoid cellsIntestinal IL-22IL-22Intestinal stem cellsTissue damageHost diseaseTransplant recipientsIL-22 deficiencyInflammatory intestinal damageDonor immune systemInnate lymphoid cellsBone marrow transplantIL-22 receptorStem cellsILC frequenciesPretransplant conditioningIntestinal damageMarrow transplantCrypt apoptosisLymphoid cellsImmune systemGVHDTissue sensitivityProtective factorsEpithelial integrity