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SUBMITTER: Jamshidvand A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3274985 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The evolutionarily conserved aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) has been studied for its role in environmental chemical-induced toxicity. However, recent studies have demonstrated that the AhR may regulate the hematopoietic and immune systems during development in a cell-specific manner. These results, together with the absence of an in vitro model system enabling production of large numbers of primary human hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPs) capable of differentiating into megakaryocyte- and ery ...[more]