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The Ah receptor is not involved in 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo- p-dioxin-mediated apoptosis in human leukemic T cell lines.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 31 Jul 1998
Hossain A, Tsuchiya S, Minegishi M, Osada M, Ikawa S, Tezuka F A, Kaji M, Konno T, Watanabe M, Kikuchi H
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2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is a common environmental pollutant causing public concern. Its toxic effects include disruption of the immune, endocrine, and reproductive systems, impairment of fetal development, carcinogenicity, and lethality in rodents. Here, we report that TCDD induces apoptosis in two cultured human leukemic lymphoblastic T cell lines. This cell death was found not to be dependent...
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