Tryptophan degradation in irritable bowel syndrome: Evidence of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activation in a male cohort

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Clarke, Gerard ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Peter ^a,b   Cryan, John F ^a,b   Cassidy, Eugene M ^a   Quigley, Eamonn M ^a,b   Dinan, Timothy G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; KYNURENIC ACID; KYNURENINE; NEOPTERIN; TRYPTOPHAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; INDOLEAMINE-PYRROLE 2,3,-DIOXYGENASE; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; KYNURENINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPTERIN; TRYPTOPHAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849182122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-9-6     Document Type: Article

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