 Kynurenine
"Kynurenine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A metabolite of the essential amino acid tryptophan metabolized via the tryptophan-kynurenine pathway.
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D007737
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.125.608
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2018 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2024 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Kynurenine" by people in Profiles.
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Meza Monge K, Najarro KM, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ, Idrovo JP. Subclinical Hepatic Injury and Dysfunction Following Surgery: Evidence From a Young and Aged Laparotomy Murine Model. FASEB J. 2025 Dec 31; 39(24):e71224.
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Dylla L, Reisz JA, Poisson SN, Herson PS, Sansing LH, Monte AA. Elevated initial blood kynurenine is associated with increased odds of post-stroke infection: Kynurenine and post-stroke infection. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2025 May; 34(5):108268.
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Dylla L, Higgins HM, Poisson SN, Vu T, Reisz JA, Herson PS, Monte A. Sex Differences in Tryptophan Metabolism via the Kynurenine Pathway in Acute Ischemic Stroke. Clin Ther. 2024 12; 46(12):960-966.
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Romanowicz J, Niemiec S, Khailova L, Lehmann T, Mancuso CA, Mitchell MB, Morgan GJ, Twite M, DiMaria MV, Klawitter J, Davidson JA, Frank BS. Perturbations of tryptophan catabolism via the kynurenine pathway are associated with stage 2 postoperative outcomes in single ventricle heart disease. Physiol Rep. 2024 11; 12(22):e70133.
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Bohn B, Tilves C, Chen Y, Doyon M, Bouchard L, Perron P, Guérin R, Massé É, Hivert MF, Mueller NT. Associations of gut microbiota features and circulating metabolites with systemic inflammation in children. BMJ Open Gastroenterol. 2024 08 29; 11(1).
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Crump LS, Floyd JL, Kuo LW, Post MD, Bickerdike M, O'Neill K, Sompel K, Jordan KR, Corr BR, Marjon N, Woodruff ER, Richer JK, Bitler BG. Targeting Tryptophan Catabolism in Ovarian Cancer to Attenuate Macrophage Infiltration and PD-L1 Expression. Cancer Res Commun. 2024 03 18; 4(3):822-833.
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Nemkov T, Stephenson D, Erickson C, Dzieciatkowska M, Key A, Moore A, Earley EJ, Page GP, Lacroix IS, Stone M, Deng X, Raife T, Kleinman S, Zimring JC, Roubinian N, Hansen KC, Busch MP, Norris PJ, D'Alessandro A. Regulation of kynurenine metabolism by blood donor genetics and biology impacts red cell hemolysis in vitro and in vivo. Blood. 2024 02 01; 143(5):456-472.
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D'Alessandro A, Nouraie SM, Zhang Y, Cendali F, Gamboni F, Reisz JA, Zhang X, Bartsch KW, Galbraith MD, Espinosa JM, Gordeuk VR, Gladwin MT. Metabolic signatures of cardiorenal dysfunction in plasma from sickle cell patients as a function of therapeutic transfusion and hydroxyurea treatment. Haematologica. 2023 12 01; 108(12):3418-3432.
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Nguyen DT, Kleczko EK, Dwivedi N, Monaghan MT, Gitomer BY, Chonchol MB, Clambey ET, Nemenoff RA, Klawitter J, Hopp K. The tryptophan-metabolizing enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 regulates polycystic kidney disease progression. JCI Insight. 2023 01 10; 8(1).
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Klawitter J, Jackson MJ, Smith PH, Hopp K, Chonchol M, Gitomer BY, Cadnapaphornchai MA, Christians U, Klawitter J. Kynurenines in polycystic kidney disease. J Nephrol. 2023 01; 36(1):83-91.
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