The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor: A Key Bridging Molecule of External and Internal Chemical Signals

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 9518-9531

  Tian, Jijing ^a,b   Feng, Yu ^a   Fu, Hualing ^a   Xie, Heidi Qunhui ^a   Jiang, Joy Xiaosong ^b   Zhao, Bin ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CYTOLOGY; DETOXIFICATION; HYDROCARBONS; LIGANDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONVERGENCE POINTS; DIOXIN-LIKE COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE EFFECTS; POTENTIAL TARGETS; SIGNALING PATHWAYS;

CELL SIGNALING;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DIOXIN; LIGAND;

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMORECEPTION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DETOXIFICATION; DIOXIN; DRUG; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIGAND; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; RODENT; TOXICITY;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; BIRD; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL SPECIFICITY; DETOXIFICATION; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FISH; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; LIVER DISEASE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH17 CELL; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; HEALTH; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MUS;

ANIMALS; DIOXINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEALTH; HUMANS; LIGANDS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84939493722     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00385     Document Type: Article

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