Epicardial Adipocyte-derived TNF-α Modulates Local Inflammation in Patients with Advanced Coronary Artery Disease

Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.

Andrej Janež , Milena Cojić , Zoja Stanković , Emir Muzurović

2022

MDPI AG

The Effects of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2-Inhibitors on Steatosis and Fibrosis in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease or Steatohepatitis and Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are part of metabolic syndrome and share multiple causal associations. Both conditions have an alarmingly increasing incidence and lead to multiple complications, which have an impact on a variety of organs and systems, such as the kidneys, eyes, and nervous and cardiovascular systems, or may cause metabolic disruptions. Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2-inhibitors (SGLT2-i), as an antidiabetic class with well-established...

Download 2023 Roxana Adriana Stoica , Anca Pantea Stoian , Manfredi Rizzo , Andrej Janež , Špela Volčanšek , Djordje Popovic , Emir Muzurović , Teodor Salmen , Ioana-Cristina Bica

SAGE Publications

Quality of Life in People with Diabetes Mellitus and Unilateral Transtibial Amputation - Aspects of Using the Berg Balance Scale

Approximately 40%-60% of all amputations are lower limb amputations (LLAs) related to diabetes mellitus (DM). The importance of quality of life (QoL) is increasingly recognized as after amputation. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to compare QoL (evaluated by Berg Balance Scale, BBS) in DM patients with unilateral transtibial amputation (TTA) using prosthesis (group A) with that of patients amputated due to other causes (group B). Overall, 32 patients completed two questionnaires:...

Download 2023 Manfredi Rizzo , Nikolaos Papanas , Sonja Nejkov , Emir Muzurović , Vesna Bokan

Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.

Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children

Abstract: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most common liver disease in the paediatric age. The growing prevalence of NAFLD and its advanced phenotype, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), in children and adolescents parallels similar trends in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. This trend may have serious long-term implications, including hepatic and extra-hepatic morbidity and mortality, the latter being related mostly due to cardiovascular disease and malignancies....

Download 2023 Nataša Kadić , Christos S. Mantzoros , Dušanka Novosel , Oleg Cmiljanić , Stergios A. Polyzos , Sanja Borozan , Emir Muzurović , Dimitri P. Mikhailidis

Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.

Epicardial Adipocyte-derived TNF-α Modulates Local Inflammation in Patients with Advanced Coronary Artery Disease

Download 2022 Andrej Janež , Milena Cojić , Zoja Stanković , Emir Muzurović

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Approach to patients with European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumor stages I and II adrenocortical carcinomas

Purpose of review Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare tumor with variable prognosis depending mostly on the disease stage and tumor grade. The staging system proposed by the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors has a reliable prognostic potential and defines ACC stages I–IV. Due to the absence of extraadrenal tissue invasion, patients with stage I-II have a lower recurrence rate and better prognosis. This article elaborates on the current understanding of...

Download 2021 Tina Dusek , Darko Kastelan , Emir Muzurović