New subgroups of ILC immune cells discovered through single-cell RNA sequencing

(Karolinska Institutet) A relatively newly discovered group of immune cells known as ILCs have been examined in detail in a new study published in the journal 'Nature Immunology'. By analysing the gene expression in individual tonsil cells, scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found three previously unknown subgroups of ILCs, and revealed more about how these cells function in the human body.