Association of Neopterin and Wound Healing Process

Human monocytes/macrophages produce neopterin when stim-ulated by the cytokine interferon-?. The concentration of neopter-in in body fluids such as serum, cerebrospinal fluid and urine can be measured and increased concentrations of neopterin provides information about infections states. Nowadays, neopterin is as a marker in neurological and cardiovascular diseases during cellular immune activation. © 2019, Istanbul University Press. All rights reserved.