Role of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in carcinogenesis and potential as an anti-cancer drug target

SK Kolluri, UH Jin, S Safe - Archives of toxicology, 2017 - Springer
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) was initially identified as the receptor that binds and
mediates the toxic effects induced by 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and …

The role of AhR in transcriptional regulation of immune cell development and function

P Trikha, DA Lee - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-activated transcriptional factor (TF) that is a
member of the Per-Arnt-Sim family of proteins. AhR regulates diverse processes, including …

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonists promote the expansion of human hematopoietic stem cells

AE Boitano, J Wang, R Romeo, LC Bouchez, AE Parker… - Science, 2010 - science.org
Although practiced clinically for more than 40 years, the use of hematopoietic stem cell
(HSC) transplants remains limited by the ability to expand these cells ex vivo. An unbiased …

Kynurenic acid is a potent endogenous aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligand that synergistically induces interleukin-6 in the presence of inflammatory signaling

BC DiNatale, IA Murray, JC Schroeder… - Toxicological …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Inflammatory signaling plays a key role in tumor progression, and the pleiotropic cytokine
interleukin-6 (IL-6) is an important mediator of protumorigenic properties. Activation of the …

Retracted: human Sirt6 promotes DNA end resection through ctip deacetylation

A Kaidi, BT Weinert, C Choudhary, SP Jackson - Science, 2010 - science.org
SIRT6 belongs to the sirtuin family of protein lysine deacetylases, which regulate aging and
genome stability. We found that human SIRT6 has a role in promoting DNA end resection, a …

From TCDD-mediated toxicity to searches of physiologic AHR functions

KW Bock - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2018 - Elsevier
TCDD-mediated toxicity of human individuals together with animal studies led to
identification of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR). It was characterized as multifunctional …

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor-null allele mice have hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells with abnormal characteristics and functions

KP Singh, RW Garrett, FL Casado, TA Gasiewicz - 2010 - liebertpub.com
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) belongs to the basic helix-loop-helix family of DNA-
binding proteins that play a role in the toxicity and carcinogenicity of certain chemicals. The …

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor inhibition promotes hematolymphoid development from human pluripotent stem cells

MG Angelos, PN Ruh, BR Webber… - Blood, The Journal …, 2017 - ashpublications.org
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) plays an important physiological role in
hematopoiesis. AHR is highly expressed in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells …

The Ah receptor in stem cell cycling, regulation, and quiescence

TA Gasiewicz, KP Singh… - Annals of the New York …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Processes that regulate quiescence, self‐renewal, and differentiation of hematopoietic stem
cells (HSCs) are not well understood. Owing, in part, to the ability of xenobiotic ligands to …

Loss of aryl hydrocarbon receptor promotes gene changes associated with premature hematopoietic stem cell exhaustion and development of a myeloproliferative …

KP Singh, JA Bennett, FL Casado… - Stem cells and …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Loss of immune function and increased hematopoietic disease are among the most clinically
significant consequences of aging. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from mice lacking aryl …