Vitamins B2 and B6 as determinants of kynurenines and related markers of interferon-γ-mediated immune activation in the community-based Hordaland Health Study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1065-1072

  Theofylaktopoulou, Despoina ^a   Ulvik, Arve ^b   Midttun, Øivind ^b   Ueland, Per Magne ^a,c   Vollset, Stein Emil ^a   Nygård, Ottar ^a,c   Hustad, Steinar ^a   Tell, Grethe S ^a   Eussen, Simone J P M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BEVITAL AS   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Pyridoxal 5 phosphate; Riboflavin; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYANTHRANILIC ACID; 3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE; ANTHRANILIC ACID; GAMMA INTERFERON; KYNURENIC ACID; KYNURENINE; NEOPTERIN; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; TRYPTOPHAN; XANTHURENIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; DIET; IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; KYNURENINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPTERIN; NORWAY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIBOFLAVIN; TRYPTOPHAN; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 84921736325     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514001858     Document Type: Article

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