Sex Differences in Tryptophan Metabolism via the Kynurenine Pathway in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Dylla L, Higgins H, Poisson S, Vu T, Reisz J, Herson P, Monte A. Sex Differences in Tryptophan Metabolism via the Kynurenine Pathway in Acute Ischemic Stroke. Clinical Therapeutics 2024 PMID: 39603869, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2024.10.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute ischemic strokeQuinolinic acid levelsLevels of tryptophanNIHSS scoreTryptophan metabolismMetabolite levelsKynurenine pathwayLinear regression modelsIncreased lifetime risk of strokeLifetime risk of strokeMass spectrometry-based metabolomicsPotential sex differencesDownstream kynurenine metabolitesAssociated with poor outcomesIschemic strokeKynurenine pathway metabolitesDecreased tryptophan concentrationsIncreased lifetime riskRegression modelsMultivariate linear regression modelSex differencesExperience worse outcomesRisk of strokeAcid levelsKynurenine metabolites