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ReviewAnnual review of immunology2025

Using the Key Characteristics Framework to Unlock the Mysteries of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor-Mediated Effects on the Immune System.

Courtney E W Sulentic, Barbara L F Kaplan, B Paige Lawrence

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Review in Annual review of immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor activation alters emergency hematopoiesis during influenza A virus infection.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Courtney E W SulenticDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Barbara L F KaplanCenter for Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA.
B Paige LawrenceDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA; email: paige_lawrence@urmc.rochester.edu.

Funding

VISUAL INDICES OF NEUROTOXICITYP30ES001247 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI Martha Susiarjo · 1985 to 2026
$42.8M
Human Immunotoxicity of Developmental PCB ExposureR01ES030300 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI JUSKO, TODD, LAWRENCE, B PAIGE · 2019 to 2024
$2.7M
Developmental immunotoxicity of PFASR01ES036197 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI B Paige Lawrence · 2024 to 2026
$1.4M
TCDD-treated B Cells Modulate T Effector and T Regulatory Function in EAER15ES027650 · NIEHS · MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY · PI KAPLAN, BARBARA LEE-FAUBERT · 2017 to 2022
$856k
AHR SIGNALING PATHWAY AND B CELL INHIBITION BY TCDDF32ES005914 · NIEHS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SULENTIC, COURTNEY E · 2000 to 2002
$110k
NIEHS NIH HHS F32 ES005914NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES001247NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES030300NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES036197NIEHS NIH HHS R15 ES027650
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Initially discovered for its role mediating the deleterious effects of environmental contaminants, the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is now known to be a crucial regulator of the immune system. The expanding list of AHR ligands includes synthetic and naturally derived molecules spanning pollutants, phytochemicals, pharmaceuticals, and substances derived from amino acids and microorganisms. The consequences of engaging AHR vary, depending on factors such as the AHR ligand, cell type, immune challenge, developmental state, dose, and timing of exposure relative to the immune stimulus. This review frames this complexity using the recently identified key characteristics of agents that affect immune system function (altered cell signaling, proliferation, differentiation, effector function, communication, trafficking, death, antigen presentation and processing, and tolerance). The use of these key characteristics provides a scaffold for continued discovery of how AHR and its myriad ligands influence the immune system, which will help harness the power of this enigmatic receptor to prevent or treat disease.

Indexed as

Immune SystemReceptors, Aryl HydrocarbonAnimalsHumansLigandsSignal TransductionLigandsReceptors, Aryl HydrocarbonAHRhematopoiesisimmunopharmacologyimmunotherapeuticimmunotoxicity

Identifiers

PMID39813730
PMCPMC12817311

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