Aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonists promote the expansion of human hematopoietic stem cells

…, AE Parker, SE Sutton, JR Walker, CA Flaveny… - Science, 2010 - science.org
Although practiced clinically for more than 40 years, the use of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC)
transplants remains limited by the ability to expand these cells ex vivo. An unbiased …

Kynurenic acid is a potent endogenous aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligand that synergistically induces interleukin-6 in the presence of inflammatory signaling

…, IA Murray, JC Schroeder, CA Flaveny… - Toxicological …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Inflammatory signaling plays a key role in tumor progression, and the pleiotropic cytokine
interleukin-6 (IL-6) is an important mediator of protumorigenic properties. Activation of the aryl …

The uremic toxin 3-indoxyl sulfate is a potent endogenous agonist for the human aryl hydrocarbon receptor

JC Schroeder, BC DiNatale, IA Murray, CA Flaveny… - Biochemistry, 2010 - ACS Publications
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor involved in
the regulation of multiple cellular pathways, such as xenobiotic metabolism and Th17 cell …

[PDF][PDF] Broad anti-tumor activity of a small molecule that selectively targets the Warburg effect and lipogenesis

CA Flaveny, K Griffett, BEDM El-Gendy, M Kazantzis… - Cancer cell, 2015 - cell.com
Malignant cells exhibit aerobic glycolysis (the Warburg effect) and become dependent on
de novo lipogenesis, which sustains rapid proliferation and resistance to cellular stress. The …

Ligand selectivity and gene regulation by the human aryl hydrocarbon receptor in transgenic mice

CA Flaveny, IA Murray, CR Chiaro, GH Perdew - Molecular pharmacology, 2009 - ASPET
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-inducible transcription factor that displays
interspecies differences with the human and mouse AHR C-terminal region sequences …

Fluorophore-NanoLuc BRET Reporters Enable Sensitive In Vivo Optical Imaging and Flow Cytometry for Monitoring Tumorigenesis

FX Schaub, MS Reza, CA Flaveny, W Li, AM Musicant… - Cancer research, 2015 - AACR
Fluorescent proteins are widely used to study molecular and cellular events, yet this traditionally
relies on delivery of excitation light, which can trigger autofluorescence, photoxicity, and …

Differential gene regulation by the human and mouse aryl hydrocarbon receptor

CA Flaveny, IA Murray, GH Perdew - Toxicological Sciences, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The human aryl hydrocarbon receptor (hAHR) and mouse aryl hydrocarbon receptor (mAHR
b ) share limited (58%) transactivation domain (TAD) sequence identity. Compared to the …

Evidence for ligand-mediated selective modulation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor activity

IA Murray, JL Morales, CA Flaveny, BC DiNatale… - Molecular …, 2010 - ASPET
The concept of selective receptor modulators has been established for the nuclear steroid
hormone receptors. Such selective modulators have been used therapeutically with great …

[HTML][HTML] Ah receptor represses acute-phase response gene expression without binding to its cognate response element

RD Patel, IA Murray, CA Flaveny, A Kusnadi… - Laboratory …, 2009 - Elsevier
Repression of the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) pathway has been extensively researched
because of its pivotal role in inflammation. We investigated the potential of the aryl hydrocarbon …

[HTML][HTML] The LXR inverse agonist SR9238 suppresses fibrosis in a model of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

K Griffett, RD Welch, CA Flaveny, GR Kolar… - Molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is characterized by hepatic steatosis,
inflammation and fibrosis. There are currently no targeted therapies for NASH. We developed a …