“…The functions of 28 genes intensively up-regulated (>3-fold) in only AhR+/+ mice compared with AhR-/-knockout mice were associated with maintenance and stabilization of spermatozoa mitochondria (Mcsp) [1], cell proliferation and transformation related with carcinogenesis (Myc) [14,17], stress response (Hspa2, Atf3, Plcb2) [2,11], chemotaxis (S100a8) [35], inflammatory response (Ngp, Saa2, S100a8, S100a9, Cyp4f16, Tnfrsf1b, Csf2rb2, Plcb2) [6,34,35], acute-phase r e s p o n s e ( S a a 2 ) [ 3 4 ] a n d i m m u n e r e s p o n s e (Adamdec1,Csf2rb2, Cdgap, H2-D1) [3,41], cell adhesion (Cml5) [25], neuronal excitation (Kcnq2) [8], cell division (Meig1) [33]. Meanwhile, the functions of 23 genes intensively down-regulated (>3-fold) in only AhR+/+ mice were associated with cell metabolism (Slc13a2, Afmid, Csad, 1810073K19Rik, E130112L23Rik, Upk3b) [16,19,23,30], nerve regeneration (Vamp1) [5], cell growth (Tieg1, Erbb2ip, Ngfa) [21,22], cell cycle (Cdc20) [32], testis-specific Ca 2+ -binding protein (Cabyr) [29] and inhibition of tumor growth (Lect1) [12]. The results reported here suggest that toxicity may reflect sustained alterations in the expression of many genes and that the changes reflect both direct and indirect effects of µg/kg body weight were not only the genes encoding drug metabolizing enzymes and stress response genes but also a wide variety of genes encoding cytoskeleton related proteins, signal transduction, and plasma proteins [18].…”