Possible Involvement of Innate Lymphoid Cells in the Development of Chronic Inflammatory Pancreatic Diseases

Introduction Type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis is a chronic fibro-inflammatory disorder. We previously reported the involvement of M2 macrophages and basophils in autoimmune pancreatitis. It is reported that Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) and basophils play an important role in asthma. Thus, this study investigated the roles of innate lymphoid cells in autoimmune pancreatitis. Subjects and methods We recruited 28 patients with autoimmune...