The AhR twist: Ligand-dependent AhR signaling and pharmaco-toxicological implications

Drug Discovery Today

Volumn 18, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 479-486

  Guyot, Erwan ^a,b   Chevallier, Aline ^a,b   Barouki, Robert ^a,b,c   Coumoul, Xavier ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE 1; CATHEPSIN D; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 1A2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN PS2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELB; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84876898411     PISSN: 13596446     EISSN: 18785832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2012.11.014     Document Type: Review

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