Dietary ligands of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor induce anti-inflammatory and immunoregulatory effects on murine dendritic cells

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 327-338

  Benson, Jenna M ^a   Shepherd, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR); Dendritic cells (DCs); Immune modulation; Indirubin; Indole 3 carbinol (I3C)

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 3 INDOLEMETHANOL; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; B7 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; NITRIC OXIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOKINES; DENDRITIC CELLS; DIET; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INDOLES; LIGANDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NF-KAPPA B; OXIMES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 81855199717     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr249     Document Type: Article

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