Helicobacter pylori and serum kynurenine-tryptophan ratio in patients with colorectal cancer

ENGİN A. B., KARAHALİL B., Karakaya A. E., Engin A.

WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, vol.21, no.12, pp.3636-3643, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 21 Issue: 12
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i12.3636
  • Journal Name: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.3636-3643
  • Keywords: Colorectal cancer, Kynurenine/tryptophan, Immune tolerance, Helicobacter pylori, Oxidative stress, INDOLEAMINE 2,3-DIOXYGENASE, NITRIC-OXIDE, INFECTION, CELL, TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN, RISK, BIOSYNTHESIS, INHIBITION, METABOLISM, NEOPTERIN
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

AIM: To evaluate how Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is able to evade the immune response and whether it enhances systemic immune tolerance against colorectal cancer.