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Increased AHR Transcripts Correlate With Pro-inflammatory T-Helper Lymphocytes Polarization in Both Metabolically Healthy Obesity and Type 2 Diabetic Patients.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2020
Zhao Ru-Xing, He Qin, Sha Sha, Song Jia, Qin Jun, Liu Peng, Sun Yu-Jing, Sun Lei, Hou Xin-Guo, Chen Li
Abstract excerpt
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor whose transcription activity is regulated by small compounds provided by diet, xenobiotics, and metabolism. It has been proven to be involved in energy homeostasis and inflammation in most recent years. Epidemiologically, exposure to xenobiotic AHR ligands contributes to obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D). AHR is also the critical...
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