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Figure 5

From: Inhibition of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-mediated tryptophan catabolism accelerates collagen-induced arthritis in mice

Figure 5

Kynurenine/trypophan (K/T) ratios in sera of DBA/1 mice immunized with type II collagen (CII) and complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) and treated with 1-methyl-tryptophan (1-MT) or vehicle. K and T concentrations were determined and K/T ratios were calculated using pooled sera of mice immunized with CII and CFA. Each sample contained the sera of every mouse of the corresponding group in equal volume. Because most animals develop arthritis after day 30 (Figure 1), day 33 represents pre-symptomatic animals. As shown here at day 33, those animals, which subsequently will not develop arthritis (-), have much higher K/T ratio than those which will develop arthritis (+).

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