Scheme of mammalian tryptophan catabolism. Briefly, in mammalian cells, tryptophan is used mostly for protein synthesis. In a second quantitatively important pathway (driven by IDO in most cell types
Background Tryptophan metabolism is involved in the progression and immune response of multiple diseases. However, the function of tryptophan metabolism in the immune characteristics of sepsis still n
Differences in anthropometric, biohumoral, functional status and nutritional intakes of stroke patients after stratifications in the groups with plasma tryptophan levels >35 and respectively ≤35 μmol/