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Beyond toxicity: aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated functions in the immune system

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor is a ligand-activated transcriptional regulator that binds dioxin and other exogenous contaminants and is responsible for their toxic effects, including immunosuppression. New evidence suggests, however, that the aryl hydrocarbon receptor has a physiological role in the...

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Autor principal: Stockinger, Brigitta
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2736674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19691822
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol170