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

C Esser, A Rannug - Pharmacological reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

Chemistry and properties of indolocarbazoles

T Janosik, A Rannug, U Rannug, N Wahlström… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The indolocarbazoles are an important class of nitrogen heterocycles which has evolved
significantly in recent years, with numerous studies focusing on their diverse biological …

Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes

AG Bick, JS Weinstock, SK Nandakumar, CP Fulco… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Age is the dominant risk factor for most chronic human diseases, but the mechanisms
through which ageing confers this risk are largely unknown. The age-related acquisition of …

Engineered nanoplatelets for targeted delivery of plasminogen activators to reverse thrombus in multiple mouse thrombosis models

J Xu, Y Zhang, J Xu, G Liu, C Di, X Zhao, X Li… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid cut‐off of blood supply in diseases involving thrombosis is a major cause of morbidity
and mortality worldwide. However, the current thrombolysis strategies offer limited results …

Molecular and functional variation in iPSC-derived sensory neurons

J Schwartzentruber, S Foskolou, H Kilpinen… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), and cells derived from them, have become key tools
for modeling biological processes, particularly in cell types that are difficult to obtain from …

How the AHR became important in cancer: the role of chronically active AHR in cancer aggression

Z Wang, M Snyder, JE Kenison, K Yang, B Lara… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
For decades, the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) was studied for its role in environmental
chemical toxicity ie, as a quirk of nature and a mediator of unintended consequences of …

An aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated amplification loop that enforces cell migration in ER−/PR−/Her2− human breast cancer cells

O Novikov, Z Wang, EA Stanford, AJ Parks… - Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
The endogenous ligand-activated aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) plays an important role
in numerous biologic processes. As the known number of AHR-mediated processes grows …

Cloche is a bHLH-PAS transcription factor that drives haemato-vascular specification

S Reischauer, OA Stone, A Villasenor, N Chi, SW **… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Vascular and haematopoietic cells organize into specialized tissues during early
embryogenesis to supply essential nutrients to all organs and thus play critical roles in …

Targeting tumour-reprogrammed myeloid cells: the new battleground in cancer immunotherapy

F De Sanctis, A Adamo, S Canè, S Ugel - Seminars in Immunopathology, 2023 - Springer
Tumour microenvironment is a complex ecosystem in which myeloid cells are the most
abundant immune elements. This cell compartment is composed by different cell types …

Diversity as opportunity: insights from 600 million years of AHR evolution

ME Hahn, SI Karchner, RR Merson - Current opinion in toxicology, 2017 - Elsevier
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) was for many years of interest only to pharmacologists
and toxicologists. However, this protein has fundamental roles in biology that are being …