Amino acid metabolism in immune cells: essential regulators of the effector functions, and promising opportunities to enhance cancer immunotherapy

L Yang, Z Chu, M Liu, Q Zou, J Li, Q Liu… - Journal of hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Amino acids are basic nutrients for immune cells during organ development, tissue
homeostasis, and the immune response. Regarding metabolic reprogramming in the tumor …

Role of indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase in health and disease

AWS Yeung, AC Terentis, NJC King… - Clinical …, 2015 - portlandpress.com
IDO1 (indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase 1) is a member of a unique class of mammalian haem
dioxygenases that catalyse the oxidative catabolism of the least-abundant essential amino …

Kynurenine pathway metabolites as potential clinical biomarkers in coronary artery disease

R Gáspár, D Halmi, V Demján, R Berkecz… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Several
risk factors including unhealthy lifestyle, genetic background, obesity, diabetes …

The interplay between cytokines and the Kynurenine pathway in inflammation and atherosclerosis

R Baumgartner, MJ Forteza, DFJ Ketelhuth - Cytokine, 2019 - Elsevier
The kynurenine pathway (KP) is the major metabolic route of tryptophan (Trp) metabolism.
Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase (IDO1), the enzyme responsible for the first and rate-limiting …

Pulmonary drug delivery: an effective and convenient delivery route to combat COVID-19

S Alipour, L Mahmoudi, F Ahmadi - Drug delivery and translational …, 2023 - Springer
The recent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China has spread
rapidly around the world, leading to a widespread and urgent effort to develop and use …

Kynurenine 3-monooxygenase: an influential mediator of neuropathology

JM Parrott, JC O'Connor - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Mounting evidence demonstrates that kynurenine metabolism may play an important
pathogenic role in the development of multiple neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders …

The function of the kynurenine pathway in the placenta: a novel pharmacotherapeutic target?

M Broekhuizen, AHJ Danser, IKM Reiss… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
(L-) tryptophan is metabolized via the kynurenine pathway into several kynurenine
metabolites with distinct functions. Dysfunction of the kynurenine pathway can lead to …

Crosstalk between tryptophan metabolism via kynurenine pathway and carbohydrate metabolism in the context of cardio-metabolic risk

M Kiluk, J Lewkowicz, D Pawlak… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Scientific interest in tryptophan metabolism via the kynurenine pathway (KP) has increased
in the last decades. Describing its metabolites helped to increase their roles in many …

The role of placental tryptophan catabolism

P Sedlmayr, A Blaschitz, R Stocker - Frontiers in immunology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
This review discusses the mechanisms and consequences of degradation of tryptophan
(Trp) in the placenta, focusing mainly on the role of indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase-1 (IDO1) …

The role of dendritic cells in tissue‐specific autoimmunity

J Mbongue, D Nicholas, A Firek… - Journal of immunology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, we explore the role of dendritic cell subsets in the development of tissue‐
specific autoimmune diseases. From the increasing list of dendritic cell subclasses, it is …