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SUBMITTER: Orabona C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3409287 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Orabona Ciriana C Pallotta Maria Teresa MT Grohmann Ursula U
Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) 20120718
Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), a metabolic enzyme that catalyzes tryptophan conversion into kynurenines, is a crucial regulator of immunity. Altered IDO activity is often associated with pathology, including neoplasia and autoimmunity. IDO is highly expressed in dendritic cells (DCs) that exploit the enzyme's activity and the production of tryptophan catabolites to regulate immune responses by acting on several cell types, including T lymphocytes, of which they promote a regulatory phenotype ...[more]