Rachel J. West

Inhibition of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor prevents Western diet-induced obesity. Model for AHR activation by kynurenine via oxidized-LDL, TLR2/4, TGFβ, and IDO1

Benjamin Moyer, Itzel Y. Rojas, Joanna S. Kerley-Hamilton et al. · Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology · 2016 · 119 citations · Full text

Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Ahr Activation +8

Simvastatin and t-butylhydroquinone suppress KLF1 and BCL11A gene expression and additively increase fetal hemoglobin in primary human erythroid cells

Elizabeth R. Macari, Emily K. Schaeffer, Rachel J. West et al. · Blood · 2012 · 41 citations · Full text

The C. elegans gon-2 gene encodes a putative TRP cation channel protein required for mitotic cell cycle progression

Rachel J. West, Andrew Y. Sun, Diane L. Church et al. · Gene · 2001 · 39 citations

Developmental Biology, Signal Transduction, Molecular Physiology +9

Expression of GATA-1 in a Non-hematopoietic Cell Line Induces β-Globin Locus Control Region Chromatin Structure Remodeling and an Erythroid Pattern of Gene Expression

Michael E. Layon, Catherine J. Ackley, Rachel J. West et al. · Journal of Molecular Biology · 2006 · 29 citations · Full text

Chromatin, Transcriptional Regulation, Chromatin Structure +11

Multiple physical stresses induce γ-globin gene expression and fetal hemoglobin production in erythroid cells

Emily K. Schaeffer, Rachel J. West, Sarah Conine et al. · Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases · 2013 · 16 citations

Developmental Biology, Physiology, Hematology +10