Editorial: Immunomodulatory Roles of Tryptophan Metabolites in Inflammation and Cancer

Front Immunol. 2020 Jul 16:11:1497. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01497. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Juliane Günther¹, Francesca Fallarino², Dietmar Fuchs³, Elisa Wirthgen⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology, Dummerstorf, Germany.
² Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
³ Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: cancer; immunomodulation; inflammation; kynurenine pathway; tryptophan.

Publication types

Editorial
Introductory Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Immunity
Immunomodulation
Inflammation / metabolism*
Neoplasms / metabolism*
Tryptophan / metabolism*

Substances

Tryptophan