The aryl hydrocarbon receptor: an environmental sensor integrating immune responses in health and disease

V Rothhammer, FJ Quintana - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
The environment, diet, microbiota and body's metabolism shape complex biological
processes in health and disease. However, our understanding of the molecular pathways …

Regulation of the immune response by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor

C Gutiérrez-Vázquez, FJ Quintana - Immunity, 2018 - cell.com
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor that is
activated by small molecules provided by the diet, microorganisms, metabolism, and …

Bifidobacterium species associated with breastfeeding produce aromatic lactic acids in the infant gut

MF Laursen, M Sakanaka, N von Burg, U Mörbe… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Breastfeeding profoundly shapes the infant gut microbiota, which is critical for early life
immune development, and the gut microbiota can impact host physiology in various ways …

Differentiation of effector CD4 T cell populations

J Zhu, H Yamane, WE Paul - Annual review of immunology, 2009 - annualreviews.org
CD4 T cells play critical roles in mediating adaptive immunity to a variety of pathogens. They
are also involved in autoimmunity, asthma, and allergic responses as well as in tumor …

Gut-microbiota-derived metabolites maintain gut and systemic immune homeostasis

J Wang, N Zhu, X Su, Y Gao, R Yang - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The gut microbiota, including bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses and phages, inhabits the
gastrointestinal tract. This commensal microbiota can contribute to the regulation of host …

Regulation and functions of the IL-10 family of cytokines in inflammation and disease

W Ouyang, S Rutz, NK Crellin, PA Valdez… - Annual review of …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
The IL-10 family of cytokines consists of nine members: IL-10, IL-19, IL-20, IL-22, IL-24, IL-
26, and the more distantly related IL-28A, IL-28B, and IL-29. Evolutionarily, IL-10 family …

An interaction between kynurenine and the aryl hydrocarbon receptor can generate regulatory T cells

JD Mezrich, JH Fechner, X Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2010 - journals.aai.org
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) has been known to cause immunosuppression after
binding dioxin. It has recently been discovered that the receptor may be central to T cell …

Environmental pollutants and the immune response

T Suzuki, T Hidaka, Y Kumagai, M Yamamoto - Nature Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Environmental pollution is one of the most serious challenges to health in the modern world.
Pollutants alter immune responses and can provoke immunotoxicity. In this Review, we …

Interleukin-1 and IL-23 induce innate IL-17 production from γδ T cells, amplifying Th17 responses and autoimmunity

CE Sutton, SJ Lalor, CM Sweeney, CF Brereton… - Immunity, 2009 - cell.com
Summary Th17 cells, CD4+ T cells that secrete interleukin-17 (IL-17), are pathogenic in
autoimmune diseases and their development and expansion is driven by the cytokines IL-6 …

Plasticity of CD4+ T cell lineage differentiation

L Zhou, MMW Chong, DR Littman - Immunity, 2009 - cell.com
The differentiation of naive CD4+ T cells into lineages with distinct effector functions has
been considered to be an irreversible event. T helper type 1 (Th1) cells stably express IFN-γ …