The aryl hydrocarbon receptor meets immunology: Friend or foe? A little of both

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Julliard, Walker ^a   Fechner, John H ^a   Mezrich, Joshua D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Immunomodulation; Indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase; Kynurenine; Th17 cells; Treg cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; DIOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 22; KYNURENINE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TRYPTOPHAN 2,3 DIOXYGENASE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENDRITIC CELL; GRAFT REJECTION; GUT IMMUNITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84918781195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00458     Document Type: Article

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