Time-dependent expression of IDO2 after treatment with TCDD in wildtype and AhR-knockout MCF-7 cells. Cells were treated with 1 nM TCDD for various time points for 3, 6, 12, 24, and 48 h and then harvested for RNA extraction and IDO2 expression analysis via qPCR after 24 h treatment. TCDD stock solution was dissolved in DMSO and control cells received 0.1% DMSO. The expression was corrected against the housekeeping gene ß-actin. Results are presented as mean ± SEM, and the y-axis represents mRNA expression level. The expression level of IDO2 mRNA in control cells is shown in dotted lines; * significantly higher than the control (p < 0.05).