. . . . . . . "[We conclude that 1) the increased leptin in exacerbated UC is related to the increased serum proinflammatory cytokines IL-1?, TNF-? and IL-6 levels; 2) In patients with infectious diarrhea, the concentrations of leptin in intestinal mucosa correlates with serum concentrations of cytokines IL-1?, IL-6 and TNF-? and with an increased expression of leptin mRNA in intestinal mucosa but not with alterations in serum levels of this hormone; 3) leptin may serve as useful predictive marker of inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine."@en . . . . . "2017-02-19"^^ . . "Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature."@en . "DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE"@en . "2017-10-17T13:13:43+02:00"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "v5.0.0.0" . "v5.0.0" .