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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
T-cells are causally involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The tryptophan-metabolizing enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) regulates T-cell proliferation and survival. We show in this report that IDO mRNA is markedly induced in lesional colonic biopsies of IBD patients. IDO is primarily expressed in CD123(+) mononuclear cells infiltrating the submucosal areas of the inflamed lesions. In Crohn's disease (CD), IDO is also strongly expressed in perifollicular regions of lymphoid follicles. Upregulation of IDO is of functional significance, as we detected an increase of kynurenine and of the kynurenine/tryptophan ratio in supernatants from colonic explant cultures (CECs) of CD patients. Immunohistochemistry of colonic biopsies taken from CD patients prior and after treatment with the TNF-blocking antibody Infliximab revealed reduced IDO expression in patients with good clinical response to Infliximab. In summary, high local expression of IDO may represent an anti-inflammatory mechanism tempting to counterbalance the tissue-damaging effects of activated T-cells infiltrating the colonic mucosa in IBD.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antibodies, Monoclonal, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Gastrointestinal Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Histocompatibility Antigens Class II, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/IL3RA protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Interleukin-3 Receptor alpha Subunit, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Interleukin-3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tryptophan Oxygenase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/infliximab
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1521-6616
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
113
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
47-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15380529-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15380529-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:15380529-Colitis, Ulcerative, pubmed-meshheading:15380529-Crohn Disease, pubmed-meshheading:15380529-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15380529-Gastrointestinal Agents, pubmed-meshheading:15380529-Histocompatibility Antigens Class II, pubmed-meshheading:15380529-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15380529-Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase, pubmed-meshheading:15380529-Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:15380529-Interleukin-3 Receptor alpha Subunit, pubmed-meshheading:15380529-Leukocytes, Mononuclear, pubmed-meshheading:15380529-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:15380529-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15380529-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15380529-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15380529-Receptors, Interleukin-3, pubmed-meshheading:15380529-Tryptophan Oxygenase, pubmed-meshheading:15380529-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Overexpression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in human inflammatory bowel disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Innsbruck, Internal Medicine, Innsbruck, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't