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Cerebrospinal fluid metabolites in tryptophan-kynurenine and nitric oxide pathways: biomarkers for acute neuroinflammation.

Jingya YanUnnikrishnan KuzhiumparambilAshvin BandodkarSushil BandodkarRussell C DaleShanlin Fu
Published in: Developmental medicine and child neurology (2020)
The kynurenine/tryptophan and anthranilic acid/3-hydroxyanthranilic acid ratios hold great potential as biomarkers of neuroinflammation. Elevation of the asymmetric dimethylarginine/arginine ratio in acute brain inflammation shows dysregulation of the nitric oxide pathway.
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