Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Signaling Cell Intrinsically Inhibits Intestinal Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cell Function

Immunity

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 915-928.e5

  Li, Shiyang ^a   Bostick, John W ^a,b   Ye, Jian ^a   Qiu, Ju ^c   Zhang, Bin ^d   Urban, Joseph F ^e   Avram, Dorina ^f   Zhou, Liang ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ahr; chromatin; gene expression; gut immunity; IL 33; ILC; ST2

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 25; INTERLEUKIN 33; INTERLEUKIN 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IL1RL1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR LIKE 1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHROMATIN; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOID CELL; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SKIN; SMALL INTESTINE; ANIMAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; CHROMATIN; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC LOCI; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR-LIKE 1 PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN-33; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 85056970512     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: 10974180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2018.09.015     Document Type: Article

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