The aryl hydrocarbon receptor cell intrinsically promotes resident memory CD8+ T cell differentiation and function

JW Dean, EY Helm, Z Fu, L Xiong, N Sun, KN Oliff… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Summary The Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (Ahr) regulates the differentiation and function of
CD4+ T cells; however, its cell-intrinsic role in CD8+ T cells remains elusive. Herein we …

AHR signaling in the development and function of intestinal immune cells and beyond

L Cervantes-Barragan, M Colonna - Seminars in Immunopathology, 2018 - Springer
The intestinal immune system is challenged daily with the task of recognizing and
eliminating pathogens while simultaneously tolerating dietary and commensal antigens. All …

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor regulates gut immunity through modulation of innate lymphoid cells

J Qiu, JJ Heller, X Guo, EC Zong-ming, K Fish, YX Fu… - Immunity, 2012 - cell.com
Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) expressing the nuclear receptor RORγt are essential for gut
immunity presumably through production of interleukin-22 (IL-22). The molecular …

The activity of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in T cells tunes the gut microenvironment to sustain autoimmunity and neuroinflammation

AR Merchak, HJ Cahill, LC Brown, RM Brown… - PloS Biology, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a T cell-driven autoimmune disease that attacks the myelin of the
central nervous system (CNS) and currently has no cure. MS etiology is linked to both the …

Transcriptional regulation of innate lymphoid cells and T cells by aryl hydrocarbon receptor

EY Helm, L Zhou - Frontiers in immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (Ahr) is a ligand-dependent transcription factor and facilitates
immune cell environmental sensing through its activation by cellular, dietary, and microbial …

Regulation of innate lymphoid cells by aryl hydrocarbon receptor

S Li, JW Bostick, L Zhou - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
With striking similarity to their adaptive T helper cell counterparts, innate lymphoid cells
(ILCs) represent an emerging family of cell types that express signature transcription factors …

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor is critical for homeostasis of invariant γδ T cells in the murine epidermis

S Kadow, B Jux, SP Zahner, B Wingerath… - The Journal of …, 2011 - journals.aai.org
An immunoregulatory role of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) has been shown in
conventional αβ and γδ T cells, but its function in skin γδ T cells (dendritic epidermal T cells …

AHR function in lymphocytes: emerging concepts

L Zhou - Trends in immunology, 2016 - cell.com
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is an important regulator of the development and
function of both innate and adaptive immune cells through roles associated with AHR's …

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

SH Chng, P Kundu, C Dominguez-Brauer, WL Teo… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Diet and microbiome derived indole derivatives are known to activate the ligand induced
transcription factor, the Aryl hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR). While the current understanding of …

AhR activation increases IL‐2 production by alloreactive CD4+ T cells initiating the differentiation of mucosal‐homing Tim3+Lag3+ Tr1 cells

AK Ehrlich, JM Pennington, S Tilton… - European journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) by immunosuppressive ligands promotes
the development of regulatory T (Treg) cells. Although AhR‐induced Foxp3+ Treg cells have …