"Tryptophan Oxygenase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A dioxygenase with specificity for the oxidation of the indoleamine ring of TRYPTOPHAN. It is a LIVER-specific enzyme that is the first and rate limiting enzyme in the kynurenine pathway of TRYPTOPHAN catabolism.
| Descriptor ID |
D014366
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.682.690.416.722
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| Concept/Terms |
Tryptophan Oxygenase- Tryptophan Oxygenase
- Oxygenase, Tryptophan
- Tryptophan 2,3-Dioxygenase
- 2,3-Dioxygenase, Tryptophan
- Tryptophan 2,3 Dioxygenase
- TDO Dioxygenase
- Dioxygenase, TDO
- Tryptophan Pyrrolase
- Pyrrolase, Tryptophan
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tryptophan Oxygenase" by people in Profiles.
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Synthetic Essentiality of Tryptophan 2,3-Dioxygenase 2 in APC-Mutated Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Discov. 2022 07 06; 12(7):1702-1717.
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Preclinical investigations and a first-in-human phase I trial of M4112, the first dual inhibitor of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 and tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase 2, in patients with advanced solid tumors. J Immunother Cancer. 2020 08; 8(2).
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Bacille Calmette-Gu?rin inoculation induces chronic activation of peripheral and brain indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in mice. J Infect Dis. 2005 Aug 01; 192(3):537-44.
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Brain virus burden and indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase expression during lentiviral infection of rhesus monkey are concomitantly lowered by 6-chloro-2',3'-dideoxyguanosine. Eur J Neurosci. 2004 Jun; 19(11):2997-3005.
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The enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase is induced in the mouse brain in response to peripheral administration of lipopolysaccharide and superantigen. Brain Behav Immun. 2002 Oct; 16(5):596-601.
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Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase production by human dendritic cells results in the inhibition of T cell proliferation. J Immunol. 2000 Apr 01; 164(7):3596-9.
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Steroid hormone regulation of specific gene expression. Vitam Horm. 1978; 36:259-95.