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tryptophan catabolic process

Known as: tryptophan breakdown, tryptophan catabolism, tryptophan degradation 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of tryptophan, the chiral amino acid 2-amino-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid. [ISBN… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Crohn's disease is an inflammatory disorder of the bowel, believed to arise from the dysregulation of intestinal mucosal immunity… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
We have previously demonstrated that indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) expression by skin cells generates a tryptophan deficient… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
A series of recent studies, including an article in this issue of the European Journal of Immunology, have demonstrated that the… 
2005
2005
DAP12 is an immunoreceptor tyrosine‐based activation motif‐bearing membrane adapter molecule expressed by different cell types… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Inhibitors of 3‐hydroxy‐3methylglutaryl‐co‐enzyme A (HMG‐CoA) reductase, so‐called statins, are used in medical practice because… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
1 The physiological importance of l‐tryptophan transport for placental indoleamine 2,3‐dioxygenase‐mediated degradation of l… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
ABSTRACT To study the role of tryptophan degradation by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (INDO) in the control of Trypanosoma cruzior… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) induces tryptophan catabolism in HEp-2 cells, possibly via stimulation of host cell indoleamine-2,3…