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Researchers have identified a new population of immune cells that may play a crucial role in the severity of asthma symptoms.

These cells exhibit characteristics of both ILC2 and ILC3 cells, contributing to inflammation by increasing eosinophils and neutrophils, which are linked to treatment-resistant asthma.

This suggests that controlling intermediate ILC2 levels could keep counts of troublesome white blood cells down, thus potentially preventing severe asthma symptoms, the team said.

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Reference: Ju X, Fard NE, Bhalla A, et al. A population of c-kit+ IL-17A+ ILC2s in sputum from individuals with severe asthma supports ILC2 to ILC3 trans-differentiation. Sci Transl Med.