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. 2017 Aug 31;7:10163. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-10824-x

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Butyrate enhances AhR ligand-induced gene expression in YAMC and Caco-2 cells. Cells were treated with DMSO, different AhR ligands alone or in combination with 5 mM butyrate and effects on expression of AhR (A), Cyp1a1/CYP1A1 (B), Cyp1b1/CYP1B1 (C), Ahrr/AhRR (D) and Tiparp/TiPARP (E) mRNA levels were determined by real time PCR. With the exception of AhRR mRNA, AhR ligands significantly induced all other Ah-responsive genes, and significant (p < 0.05) enhancement by butyrate is indicated (*). Results are expressed as means ± SE for at least 3 separate determinations for each treatment group.