Do Acute Exercise-Induced Activations of the Kynurenine Pathway Induce Regulatory T-Cells on the Long-Term? – A Theoretical Frame Work Supported by Pilot Data

Table 1. Pearson correlations between participants’ blood markers (n = 19) at baseline.

	BMI	TRP	KYN	KYN/TRP	Tcytotox	Treg
VO₂max	-.659**	-.601**	-.278	.454	.287	.689***
TRP			.716***	-.427	.017	-.293
KYN				.325	.252	-.109
KYN/TRP					.304	.257
Tcytotox						.673***

*** p<0.001** p<0.01; BMI: Body Mass Index; KYN: kynurenine; TRP: tryptophan; T_cytotox: cytotoxic T cells; T_reg: regulatory T cells. VO₂max: maximal oxygen uptake.