Tryptophan catabolites along the indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase pathway as a biological link between depression and cancer.
Barreto FS, Chaves Filho AJM, de Araújo MCCR, de Moraes MO, de Moraes MEA, Maes M, de Lucena DF, Macedo DS.
Barreto FS, et al.
Behav Pharmacol. 2018 Apr;29(2 and 3-Spec Issue):165-180. doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000384.
Behav Pharmacol. 2018.
PMID: 29543650
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Similarly, cancers present elevated levels of TNF-alpha, reduced major histocompatibility complex class I and II, and natural killer cells. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), the rate-limiting enzyme of the tryptophan catabolite (TRYCAT) pathway, is induced b …
Similarly, cancers present elevated levels of TNF-alpha, reduced major histocompatibility complex class I and II, and natural killer cells. …