Plasma Kynurenine Predicts Severity and Complications of Heart Failure and Associates with Established Biochemical and Clinical Markers of Disease

Background: Kynurenine, a metabolite of the L-tryptophan pathway, plays a pivotal role in neuro-inflammation, cancer immunology, and cardiovascular inflammation, and has been shown to predict cardiovascular events. Objectives: It was our objective to increase the body of data regarding the value of...

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Main Authors: Thomas Bernd Dschietzig, Karl-Heinz Kellner, Katrin Sasse, Felix Boschann, Robert Klüsener, Jana Ruppert, Franz Paul Armbruster, Dragic Bankovic, Andreas Meinitzer, Veselin Mitrovic, Christoph Melzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2019-08-01
Series:Kidney & Blood Pressure Research
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Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/501483