The mammalian aryl hydrocarbon (Ah) receptor: From mediator of dioxin toxicity toward physiological functions in skin and liver

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 390, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1225-1235

  Bock, Karl Walter ^a   Köhle, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ah receptor ligands; Ah receptor target genes; Apoptosis; Cell differentiation; Cell proliferation; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BILIRUBIN; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; DIOXIN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENOTYPE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SKIN; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; DIOXINS; HUMANS; LIVER; MICE; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SKIN;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 72949115099     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2009.138     Document Type: Review

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