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ArticleMetabolites2020

Effect of a Single Bout of Aerobic Exercise on Kynurenine Pathway Metabolites and Inflammatory Markers in Prostate Cancer Patients-A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Alexander Schenk, Tobias Esser, André Knoop, Mario Thevis, Jan Herden, Axel Heidenreich, Wilhelm Bloch, Niklas Joisten, Philipp Zimmer

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Article in Metabolites, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Single Exercise Session Elicits a Transient Kynurenine Metabolic Signature in Health and Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alexander SchenkInstitute for Sport and Sport Science, TU-Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Str. 3, 44227 Dortmund, Germany.
Tobias EsserDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Sport Medicine, Institute for Cardiology and Sports Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, 50933 Cologne, Germany.
André KnoopInstitute of Biochemistry, Center for Preventive Doping Research, German Sport University Cologne, Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, 50933 Cologne, Germany.
Mario ThevisInstitute of Biochemistry, Center for Preventive Doping Research, German Sport University Cologne, Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, 50933 Cologne, Germany.
Jan HerdenDepartment of Urology, Uro-Oncology, Robot Assisted and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Cologne, Kerpenerstr. 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1667-5200
Axel HeidenreichDepartment of Urology, Uro-Oncology, Robot Assisted and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Cologne, Kerpenerstr. 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany.
Wilhelm BlochDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Sport Medicine, Institute for Cardiology and Sports Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, 50933 Cologne, Germany.
Niklas JoistenInstitute for Sport and Sport Science, TU-Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Str. 3, 44227 Dortmund, Germany.
Philipp ZimmerInstitute for Sport and Sport Science, TU-Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Str. 3, 44227 Dortmund, Germany.
German Sport University Cologne · DETU Dortmund University · DEUniversity Hospital Cologne · DE

Funding

Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln not applicable
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The kynurenine (KYN) pathway gains growing research interest concerning the genesis, progression and therapy of solid tumors. Previous studies showed exercise-induced effects on metabolite levels along the KYN pathway. Modulations of the KYN pathway might be involved in the positive impact of exercise on prostate cancer progression and mortality. The objective of this trial was to investigate whether a single-physical exercise alters tryptophan (TRP) metabolism and related inflammatory markers in this population. We conducted a randomized controlled trial with 24 patients suffering from prostate cancer. While the control group remained inactive, the intervention group performed a 30-min aerobic exercise on a bicycle ergometer at 75% of individual VO

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exercisekynureninephysical activityprostate cancertryptophan

Identifiers

PMID33374836
PMCPMC7823964
OpenAlexW3114007046

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