title: [Kynurenic pathway in health and disease].
abstract: The paper gives a review about kynurenic pathway metabolism of tryptophan. The implications of its metabolites in pathomechanism of several dysfunctions of tissues and organs as well as possibilities of therapeutic interference are described.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Farmakodynamiki Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Myśliwiec
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pawlak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D007737:Kynurenine / Q000378:metabolism*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D009420:Nervous System / Q000378:metabolism*; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007737:Kynurenine; D014364:Tryptophan
vernacular_title: Szlak kinureninowy w zdrowiu i w chorobie.