The aryl hydrocarbon receptor controls cyclin O to promote epithelial multiciliogenesis

oleh: Matteo Villa, Stefania Crotta, Kevin S. Dingwell, Elizabeth M. A. Hirst, Manolis Gialitakis, Helena Ahlfors, James C. Smith, Brigitta Stockinger, Andreas Wack

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2016-08-01

Deskripsi

Epithelia are barriers against environmental insults and express the transcription factor aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR). Here the authors show that AhR regulates multiciliogenesis via cyclin O and Multicilin in a Notch-dependent manner and that this is blocked by toxic ligands.