| Literature DB >> 25295784 |
Hyo Youl Moon1, Henriette van Praag2.
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Depression is associated with elevated kynurenine levels, a tryptophan metabolite generated under stress and inflammatory conditions. Agudelo et al. (2014) now reveal how PGC-1α1 overexpression in muscle mimics anti-depressant effects of exercise by promoting kynurenine aminotransferase expression, likely preventing kynurenine from crossing the blood brain barrier to disrupt neural plasticity.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25295784 PMCID: PMC6016023 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2014.09.012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Metab ISSN: 1550-4131 Impact factor: 27.287