Ablating the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) in CD11c+ cells perturbs intestinal epithelium development and intestinal immunity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Chng, Song Hui ^a,b,c   Kundu, Parag ^b   Dominguez Brauer, Carmen ^d   Teo, Wei Ling ^e   Kawajiri, Kaname ^f   Fujii Kuriyama, Yoshiaki ^g   Mak, Tak Wah ^d   Pettersson, Sven ^b,c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^f SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^g TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AHR PROTEIN, MOUSE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095;

ANIMAL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; COCULTURE; COLITIS; CYTOPLASM; DEFICIENCY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; ANTIGENS, CD11C; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLITIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGANOIDS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84963974210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep23820     Document Type: Article

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