Activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor reduces the number of precursor and effector T cells, but preserves thymic CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 100-109

  Schulz, V J ^a   Smit, J J ^a   Bol Schoenmakers, M ^a   van Duursen, M B M ^a   van den Berg, M ^a   Pieters, R H H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Mesenteric lymph nodes; Regulatory T cells; Spleen; TCDD; Thymus

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SENSITIZATION; SPLEEN; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; MUS;

EID: 84868324488     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2012.09.024     Document Type: Article

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