Aryl hydrocarbon receptor control of adaptive immunity

Pharmacological Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1148-1161

  Quintana, Francisco J ^a   Sherr, David H ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (1H INDOL 3 YL CARBONYL) 4 THIAZOLECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ARA9 PROTEIN; ARACHIDONIC ACID; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 1A2; CYTOCHROME P450 1B1; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; IMMUNOLOGIC AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 17; PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT5 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR C MAF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG TARGETING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LIGAND BINDING; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH17 CELL; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM;

EID: 84888169376     PISSN: 00316997     EISSN: 15210081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/pr.113.007823     Document Type: Review

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