Pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel disease: innate immune system

A Saez, B Herrero-Fernandez, R Gomez-Bris… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), comprising Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis
(UC), is a heterogeneous state of chronic intestinal inflammation with no exact known cause …

Catestatin as a biomarker of cardiovascular diseases: a clinical perspective

J Bozic, M Kumric, T Ticinovic Kurir, H Urlic… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Accounting for almost one-third of the global mortality, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs)
represent a major global health issue. Emerging data suggest that most of the well …

Mediterranean diet adherence and dietary attitudes in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

J Vrdoljak, M Vilović, PM Živković, I Tadin Hadjina… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
A specific diet regimen is a promising way of managing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD),
with the Mediterranean diet (MD) being a likely candidate due to its potential to modulate gut …

Serum catestatin levels correlate with ambulatory blood pressure and indices of arterial stiffness in patients with primary hypertension

M Kumric, J Vrdoljak, G Dujic, D Supe-Domic… - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Accumulating data suggests that catestatin, an eclectic neuroendocrine peptide, is involved
in the pathophysiology of primary hypertension (PH). Nevertheless, clinical studies …

Chromogranin A regulates gut permeability via the antagonistic actions of its proteolytic peptides

EM Muntjewerff, K Tang, L Lutter… - Acta …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim A “leaky” gut barrier has been implicated in the initiation and progression of a multitude
of diseases, for example, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome and …

Plasma catestatin levels and advanced glycation end products in patients on hemodialysis

M Luketin, M Mizdrak, D Boric-Skaro, D Martinovic… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Catestatin (CST) is a pleiotropic peptide involved in cardiovascular protection with its
antihypertensive and angiogenic effects. Considering that patients with end-stage renal …

Effects of olive oil and its components on intestinal inflammation and inflammatory bowel disease

J Vrdoljak, M Kumric, M Vilovic, D Martinovic, IJ Tomic… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the rising global burden of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and the rising costs of
novel biological drugs, there is an increasing need for dietary approaches and functional …

Plasma catestatin levels are related to metabolic parameters in patients with essential hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus

O Pankova, O Korzh - Heart and vessels, 2024 - Springer
Catestatin (CST) is a pleiotropic peptide with cardioprotective and metabolic effects. CST is
involved in the pathogenesis of both arterial hypertension (AH) and type 2 diabetes mellitus …

Endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffness in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

H Wu, M Xu, H Hao, MA Hill, C Xu, Z Liu - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022 - mdpi.com
Population-based studies have suggested that patients with inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD) might be at an increased risk for cardiovascular diseases. A meta-analysis was …

Role of B-cell activating factor (BAFF) in inflammatory bowel disease

M Kumric, PM Zivkovic, T Ticinovic Kurir, J Vrdoljak… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
As early commencement of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatment has been shown to
substantially improve outcomes, it is of utmost importance to make a timely diagnosis of this …