The role of placental tryptophan catabolism

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Sedlmayr, Peter ^a   Blaschitz, Astrid ^a   Stocker, Roland ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fetal growth restriction; Feto maternal tolerance; Immunoregulation; Intrauterine growth restriction; Placenta; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Vasotonus

Indexed keywords

INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE 2; KYNURENINE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 84987811105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00230     Document Type: Review

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