Chronic immune stimulation may cause moderate impairment of phenylalanine 4-hydroxylase

Pteridines

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 120-125

  Scholl Burgi S ^a   Schroecksnadel, S ^b   Jenny, M ^b   Karall, D ^a   Fuchs, Dietmar ^b  

^a Department of Pediatrics IV   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Neopterin; Phenylalanine; Phenylalanine hydroxylase; Phenylalanine to tyrosine ratio; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

NEOPTERIN; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLALANINE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; PHENYLKETONURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 84856605505     PISSN: 09334807     EISSN: 21954720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/pteridines.2011.22.1.120     Document Type: Review

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