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A prospective evaluation of serum kynurenine metabolites and risk of pancreatic cancer

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  • Joyce Y Huang
  • Lesley M Butler
  • Øivind Midttun
  • Arve Ulvik
  • Renwei Wang
  • Aizhen Jin
  • Yu-Tang Gao
  • Per M Ueland
  • Woon-Puay Koh
  • Jian-Min Yuan

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Background: Serum pyridoxal 5’-phosphate (PLP), the active form of vitamin B6, is associated with reduced risk of pancreatic cancer. Data on functional measures of vitamin B6 status and risk of pancreatic cancer is lacking. Methods: A nested case-control study involving 187 incident cases of pancreatic cancer and 362 individually matched controls were conducted within two prospective cohorts to evaluate the associations between kynurenine metabolites in pre-diagnostic serum samples and risk of pancreatic cancer. Results: Higher serum concentrations of 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid (HAA) and the HAA:3-hydroxykynurenine (HK) ratio (a measure for in vivo functional status of PLP) were significantly associated with reduced risk of pancreatic cancer. Compared with the lowest tertile, odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of pancreatic cancer for the highest tertile was 0.62 (0.39, 1.01) for HAA, and 0.59 (0.35–0.98) for the HAA:HK ratio, after adjustment for potential confounders and serum PLP (both Ps for trend

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  • Joyce Y Huang & Lesley M Butler & Øivind Midttun & Arve Ulvik & Renwei Wang & Aizhen Jin & Yu-Tang Gao & Per M Ueland & Woon-Puay Koh & Jian-Min Yuan, 2018. "A prospective evaluation of serum kynurenine metabolites and risk of pancreatic cancer," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(5), pages 1-13, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0196465
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196465
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