A Novel Protective Function of 5-Methoxytryptophan in Vascular Injury

5-Methoxytryptophan (5-MTP), a 5-methoxyindole metabolite of tryptophan metabolism, was recently shown to suppress inflammatory mediator-induced cancer cell proliferation and migration. However, the role of 5-MTP in vascular disease is unknown. In this study, we investigated whether 5-MTP protects a...

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Main Authors: Ho, Yen-Chun, Wu, Meng-Ling, Su, Chen-Hsuan, Chen, Chung-Huang, Ho, Hua-Hui, Lee, Guan-Lin, Lin, Wei-Shiang, Lin, Wen-Yu, Hsu, Yu-Juei, Kuo, Cheng-Chin, Wu, Kenneth K., Yet, Shaw-Fang
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4857180/