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You AhR what you eat?

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AhR is more than just a receptor for pollutants. Studies have now identified crucial roles for this environment-sensing transcription factor in the development and maintenance of gut-associated lymphoid tissues.

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Figure 1: Mucosal barriers in health and disease.

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  1. B. Paige Lawrence is in the Departments of Environmental Medicine, and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA.,

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  2. David H. Sherr is in the Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,

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