Aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated perturbations in gene expression during early stages of CD4+T-cell differentiation

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Rohlman, Diana ^a   Pham, Duy ^a,b   Yu, Zhen ^a   Steppan, Linda B ^a   Kerkvliet, Nancy I ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; CD4+T cell differentiation; Gene expression; IL 22

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869857566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00223     Document Type: Article

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