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Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Epigenetic regulation of group 2 innate lymphoid cell development and function Prof. Colby Zaph ([email protected], 03 9905 0783) www.zaphlab.com , @colbyzaph Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Epigenetic regulation of group 2 innate

lymphoid cell development and function

Prof. Colby Zaph ([email protected], 03 9905 0783)

www.zaphlab.com, @colbyzaph

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Innate Lymphoid Cells

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G9a is the primary H3K9 dimethyltransferase

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G9a-deficient mice do not develop past E9.5

Hematopoietic specific G9a-deficient mice are viable and

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H3K9me2 is a repressive mark for gene expression

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G9a controls immature ILC2 development

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ILC2s control lung inflammation

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G9a regulates ILC2-dependent lung

inflammation

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G9a limits ILC3 program in ILC2s

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G9a-dependent H3K9me2 limits ILC3s

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G9a-dependent H3K9me2 limits IL-17 in TH2 cells

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Lehnertz et al. (2010) J. Exp. Med. 207: 915.

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A global role for G9a in type 2 immune responses?

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Licona-Limónetal.Nat.Immunol.14,536(2013)

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Acknowledgements

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Frann Antignano

Menno Oudhoff

Sebastian Scheer

Kyle Burrows

Alistair Chenery

Fabio Rossi

Bernhard Lehnertz