Pancreatic islet transplants and IDO: when starving the enemy does you good

Diabetes. 2010 Sep;59(9):2102-4. doi: 10.2337/db10-0919.

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¹ Department of Medicine, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, and the Institute of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. [email protected]

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MeSH terms

Antigen-Presenting Cells / immunology
Enzyme Activation
Humans
Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase / genetics*
Islets of Langerhans / enzymology
Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / immunology
Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / physiology*
T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / immunology
Th2 Cells / immunology
Tryptophan / biosynthesis

Substances

Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase
Tryptophan