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St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) counteracts cytokine-induced tryptophan catabolism in vitro

St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) is an ancient folk remedy that has antiviral and antibacterial properties...

Keywords: Hypericum perforatum, immune activation, indoleamine (2,3)-dioxygenase, neopterin, tryptophan

12/2004 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter
Inverse association between serum selenium concentrations and parameters of immune activation in patients with cardiac disorders

Background: As a component of the enzyme glutathione peroxidase, the essential trace element selenium contributes to the reduction of peroxides...

Keywords: cardiac disorders, immune activation, neopterin, oxidative stress, selenium, tryptophan degradation

09/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Atorvastatin suppresses homocysteine formation in stimulated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Hyperhomocysteinemia is regarded as an independent risk factor for vascular diseases, and homocysteine is supposed to contribute to oxidative stress and endothelial damage...

Keywords: atorvastatin, homocysteine, neopterin, peripheral blood mononuclear cells, proliferation

12/2005 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
C-Reactive protein and neopterin levels in healthy non-obese adults

Background: Obesity and increased waist-to-hip ratio, emphasizing the importance of truncal obesity, have been found to correlate positively with increased cardiovascular disease risk and mortality...

Keywords: atherosclerosis, Body mass index, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, inflammation, neopterin, waist-to-hip ratio

03/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Hyperhomocysteinaemia and immune activation in patients with cancer

Background: Recently, homocysteine production was observed in tumour cell lines and homocysteine was proposed as a tumour marker...

Keywords: Cancer, cysteine, folate, homocysteine, inflammation, neopterin, vitamin B12

01/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Assessment of homocysteine, neopterin and nitric oxide levels in Behcet's disease

Background: Behçet's disease is a multysystemic immunoinflammatory disease with a wide variety of clinical manifestations, whereas recurrent aphthous stomatitis is a local oral disease...

Keywords: homocysteine, immunity, neopterin, nitric oxide

01/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Serum neopterin, nitric oxide, inducible nitric oxide synthase and tumor necrosis factor-? levels in patients with ischemic heart disease

Background: Atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory disease, underlies the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease...

Keywords: inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), ischemic heart diseases, neopterin, nitric oxide, tumor necrosis factor-? (TNF-?)

08/2008 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Association between plasma thiols and immune activation marker neopterin in stable coronary heart disease

Background: Studies have associated elevated plasma levels of the thiols homocysteine and cysteine with an increased risk of atherosclerosis...

Keywords: coronary heart disease, cysteine, gender difference, homocysteine, neopterin

05/2008 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter