Metabolic syndrome attenuates ulcerative colitis: Correlation with interleukin-10 and galectin-3 expression.

CONCLUSION: Local dominance of Gal-3 and IL-10 over pro-inflammatory mediators in patients with MetS may present a mechanism for limiting the inflammatory process and subsequent tissue damage in UC.
PMID: 31798282 [PubMed - in process]

Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - November 20, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Jovanovic M, Simovic Markovic B, Gajovic N, Jurisevic M, Djukic A, Jovanovic I, Arsenijevic N, Lukic A, Zdravkovic N Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: research