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Role of the xenobiotic receptor in inflammatory bowel disease.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 May 2011
Arsenescu Razvan, Arsenescu Violeta, Zhong Jian, Nasser Munira, Melinte Razvan, Dingle R W Cameron, Swanson Hollie, de Villiers Willem J
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BACKGROUND: Gene-environment interplay modulates inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Dioxin-like compounds can activate the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) and alter macrophage function as well as T-cell polarization. We hypothesized that attenuation of the AhR signaling pathway will ameliorate colitis in a murine model of IBD. METHODS: Dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) colitis was induced in C57BL/6 AhR null mice...
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