MicroRNA: Potential biomarkers in chronic kidney disease
Introduction. Standard biomarkers for the diagnosis and follow-up of chronic kidney disease patients are appropriate neither in early diagnostics, adequate follow-up and progression assessment nor in complication development risk assessment. For that reason, a search for new, more suitable biomarkers continues. Various studies suggested microRNAs a...
By Vladana Stojiljković, Nikola Stefanović, Marija Vukelić-Nikolić, Branka Đorđević, Jelena Bašić, Gordana Kocić, Tatjana Cvetković
Exercise training and inflammatory markers in coronary artery disease patients
Aim. To evaluate the influence of exercise training on inflammatory markers and exercise tolerance in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients. Patients and methods. A total of 54 subjects were enrolled in the present study, including 34 CAD patients (CAD group: 59.2 ± 8.2 years) and 20 healthy controls (C group: 54.2 ± 8.0 years). C reactive protein...
By Marina Deljanin-Ilić, Gordana Kocić, Gordana Lazarević, Dejan Simonović, Milovan Stojanović, Stevan Ilić, Branka Đorđević, Dejan Petrović, Sanja Stojanović
Impact of exercise training on dipeptidyl peptidase 4 and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1 in patients with coronary artery disease: Relationship to nitric oxide response
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By Dejan Simonović, Marina Deljanin-Ilić, Gordana Kocić, Gordana Lazarević, Branka Đorđević, Sandra Šarić, Sanja Stojanović, Stevan Ilić
Secondary Metabolites of Hypericum L. Species as Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitors
Summary Nine Hypericum species (H. barbatum, H. hirsutum, H. linarioides, H. olympicum, H. perforatum, H. rochelii, H. rumeliacum, H. tetrapterum and H. umbellatum) collected in Serbia were assayed for inhibitory potential against xanthine oxidase in vitro, on the commercial enzyme, and compared with allopurinol. Seven studied Hypericum species (H....
By Andrija Šmelcerović, Žaklina Šmelcerović, Katarina Tomović, Gordana Kocić, Aleksandra Đorđević
Genetic Variability of Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptors Type I and II in Lymphoproliferative Diseases in the Serbian Population –
Summary TNF-alpha and LT-alpha are involved in the pathogenesis of established lymphoproliferative diseases. Both molecules bind to TNFRI and TNFRII. TNFRI is the major mediator of the TNF pro-apoptotic and proliferative effects and TNFRII might enhance these effects. TNF receptors I and II are normally present on hematopoetic cells. TNFR II is cha...
By Tatjana Jevtović-Stoimenov, Danica Marković, Milena Despotović, Dušica Pavlović, Gordana Kocić
Comparative Analysis of the Physicochemical Parameters of Breast Milk, Starter Infant Formulas and Commercial Cow Milks in Serbia
Summary Data on the physical properties of cow milk and infant formulas are important since they indicate the differences in physicochemical and rheological characteristics and compatibility with natural breast milk. This fact is important not only for quality control but also for the use of these commercial products as infant diet supplements or a...
By Slavica Sunarić, Tatjana Jovanović, Ana Spasić, Marko Denić, Gordana Kocić
Antioxidants and Antioxidant Capacity of Human Milk / Antioksidansi i antioksidativni kapacitet humanog mleka
SUMMARY Milk contains plenty of enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant components that probably account for the vital antioxidant protection of the infants at early stages of life against the development of complications induced by oxygen free radicals. Indigenous milk enzymes play a key role in regulating lactogenesis, including active invol...
By Jelena Živković, Slavica Sunarić, Nataša Trutić, Marko Denić, Gordana Kocić, Tatjana Jovanović