The roles of aryl hydrocarbon receptor in immune responses

International Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 335-343

  Nguyen, Nam Trung ^a   Hanieh, Hamza ^a   Nakahama, Taisuke ^a   Kishimoto, Tadamitsu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dioxin receptor; Immune regulation

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANILAST; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW CELL; BRAIN TUMOR; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COLITIS; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTESTINE CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MACROPHAGE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN CELL; STEM CELL; TUMOR CELL;

DIOXIN RECEPTOR; IMMUNE REGULATION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84878454583     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxt011     Document Type: Article

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