The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Preferentially Marks and Promotes Gut Regulatory T Cells

Cell Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 2277-2290

  Ye, Jian ^a   Qiu, Ju ^b   Bostick, John W ^c   Ueda, Aki ^b   Schjerven, Hilde ^d   Li, Shiyang ^a   Jobin, Christian ^a   Chen, Zong ming E ^e   Zhou, Liang ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aryl hydrocarbon receptor; colitis; gut inflammation; regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFER; MALE; MICROFLORA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; TH17 CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; COLITIS; CYTOKINES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; INFLAMMATION; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 85034865881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.10.114     Document Type: Article

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