Targeting the IDO1/TDO2–KYN–AhR pathway for cancer immunotherapy–challenges and opportunities

JE Cheong, L Sun - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2018 - cell.com
Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) and tryptophan 2, 3-dioxygenase 2 (TDO2) catalyze
the commitment step of the kynurenine (KYN) metabolic pathway. Traditionally the …

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligands in cancer: friend and foe

IA Murray, AD Patterson, GH Perdew - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2014 - nature.com
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor that is best
known for mediating the toxicity and tumour-promoting properties of the carcinogen 2, 3, 7, 8 …

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor: multitasking in the immune system

B Stockinger, PD Meglio, M Gialitakis… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), for many years almost exclusively studied by the
pharmacology/toxicology field for its role in mediating the toxicity of xenobiotics such as 2, 3 …

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 …

Activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor dampens the severity of inflammatory skin conditions

P Di Meglio, JH Duarte, H Ahlfors, NDL Owens, Y Li… - Immunity, 2014 - cell.com
Environmental stimuli are known to contribute to psoriasis pathogenesis and that of other
autoimmune diseases, but the mechanisms are largely unknown. Here we show that the aryl …

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor in barrier organ physiology, immunology, and toxicology

C Esser, A Rannug - Pharmacological reviews, 2015 - ASPET
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is an evolutionarily old transcription factor belonging to
the Per-ARNT-Sim–basic helix-loop-helix protein family. AhR translocates into the nucleus …

AHR-mediated ROS production contributes to the cardiac developmental toxicity of PM2. 5 in zebrafish embryos

F Ren, C Ji, Y Huang, S Aniagu, Y Jiang… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent studies have shown an association between maternal exposure to ambient fine
particle matter (PM2. 5) and congenital heart defects in the offspring, but the underlying …

Constitutive aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling constrains type I interferon–mediated antiviral innate defense

T Yamada, H Horimoto, T Kameyama, S Hayakawa… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor that mediates the
toxic activity of many environmental xenobiotics. However, its role in innate immune …

The Aryl hydrocarbon receptor mediates tobacco-induced PD-L1 expression and is associated with response to immunotherapy

GZ Wang, L Zhang, XC Zhao, SH Gao, LW Qu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Whether tobacco carcinogens enable exposed cells immune escape resulting in
carcinogenesis, and why patients who smoke respond better to immunotherapies than non …

Natural agonists for aryl hydrocarbon receptor in culture medium are essential for optimal differentiation of Th17 T cells

M Veldhoen, K Hirota, J Christensen… - Journal of Experimental …, 2009 - rupress.org
Th17 cell differentiation is dependent on interleukin (IL)-6 and transforming growth factor
(TGF)-β, and it is modulated by activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR). In this …