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Manja Zec

TitleResearch Scientist
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-ORTHO General Operations

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    1. Tepavcevic S, Romic S, Zec M, Culafic T, Stojiljkovic M, Ivkovic T, Pantelic M, Kostic M, Stanisic J, Koricanac G. Effects of Walnut-Rich Diet on Cation-Handling Proteins in the Heart of Healthy and Metabolically Compromised Male Rats. J Med Food. 2023 Nov; 26(11):849-857. PMID: 37889606.
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    2. Charchar FJ, Prestes PR, Mills C, Ching SM, Neupane D, Marques FZ, Sharman JE, Vogt L, Burrell LM, Korostovtseva L, Zec M, Patil M, Schultz MG, Wallen MP, Renna NF, Islam SMS, Hiremath S, Gyeltshen T, Chia YC, Gupta A, Schutte AE, Klein B, Borghi C, Browning CJ, Czesnikiewicz-Guzik M, Lee HY, Itoh H, Miura K, Brunstr?m M, Campbell NRC, Akinnibossun OA, Veerabhadrappa P, Wainford RD, Kruger R, Thomas SA, Komori T, Ralapanawa U, Cornelissen VA, Kapil V, Li Y, Zhang Y, Jafar TH, Khan N, Williams B, Stergiou G, Tomaszewski M. Lifestyle management of hypertension: International Society of Hypertension position paper endorsed by the World Hypertension League and European Society of Hypertension. J Hypertens. 2024 01 01; 42(1):23-49. PMID: 37712135.
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    3. Kouvari M, Sergi D, Zec M, Naumovski N. Editorial: Nutrition in prevention and management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Front Nutr. 2023; 10:1212363. PMID: 37521411.
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    4. Bordoni L, Zec M, Naumovski N, Sergi D. Editorial: The role of dietary fatty acids in metabolic health. Front Physiol. 2023; 14:1211151. PMID: 37288432.
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    5. Kouvari M, M D'Cunha N, Tsiampalis T, Zec M, Sergi D, Travica N, Marx W, McKune AJ, Panagiotakos DB, Naumovski N. Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity, Transition to Metabolically Unhealthy Status and Cognitive Function: Results from the Framingham Offspring Study. Nutrients. 2023 Mar 05; 15(5). PMID: 36904288.
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    6. Bo?kovic M, ?ivkovic M, Koricanac G, Tepavcevic S, Zec M, Debeljak-Martacic J, Stankovic A. Walnut supplementation after fructose-rich diet is associated with a beneficial fatty acid ratio and increased ACE2 expression in the rat heart. Front Physiol. 2022; 13:942459. PMID: 36213224.
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    7. Romic S, Tepavcevic S, Popovic T, Zec M, Stojiljkovic M, Culafic T, Bo?kovic M, Koricanac G. Consumption of walnuts suppresses the conversion of palmitic to palmitoleic acid and enhances omega-3 fatty acid metabolism in the heart of fructose-fed rats. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2022 Nov; 73(7):940-953. PMID: 35918845.
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    8. Chilton FH, Manichaikul A, Yang C, O'Connor TD, Johnstone LM, Blomquist S, Schembre SM, Sergeant S, Zec M, Tsai MY, Rich SS, Bridgewater SJ, Mathias RA, Hallmark B. Interpreting Clinical Trials With Omega-3 Supplements in the Context of Ancestry and FADS Genetic Variation. Front Nutr. 2021; 8:808054. PMID: 35211495.
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    9. Bochenek H, Krga I, Sergi D, Kouvari M, Zec M, Naumovski N. Dietary patterns, caloric restrictions for management of cardiovascular disease and cancer; a brief review. Rev Cardiovasc Med. 2022 Jan 20; 23(1):41. PMID: 35092233.
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    10. Kouvari M, D'Cunha NM, Travica N, Sergi D, Zec M, Marx W, Naumovski N. Metabolic Syndrome, Cognitive Impairment and the Role of Diet: A Narrative Review. Nutrients. 2022 Jan 13; 14(2). PMID: 35057514.
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    11. Zec MM, Krga I, Zandberg L, Smuts CM. Editorial: Micronutrients and Fatty Acids in Precision Nutrition Strategies. Front Nutr. 2021; 8:788215. PMID: 34957189.
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    12. Snider JM, You JK, Wang X, Snider AJ, Hallmark B, Zec MM, Seeds MC, Sergeant S, Johnstone L, Wang Q, Sprissler R, Carr TF, Lutrick K, Parthasarathy S, Bime C, Zhang HH, Luberto C, Kew RR, Hannun YA, Guerra S, McCall CE, Yao G, Del Poeta M, Chilton FH. Group IIA secreted phospholipase A2 is associated with the pathobiology leading to COVID-19 mortality. J Clin Invest. 2021 10 01; 131(19). PMID: 34428181.
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    13. ?arac I, Jovanovic J, Zec M, Pavlovic Z, Debeljak-Martacic J, Zekovic M, Mile?evic J, Gurinovic M, Glibetic M. Vitamin D Status and Its Correlation With Anthropometric and Biochemical Indicators of Cardiometabolic Risk in Serbian Underground Coal Miners in 2016. Front Nutr. 2021; 8:689214. PMID: 34490320.
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    14. Stojkovic L, Zec M, Zivkovic M, Bundalo M, Bo?kovic M, Glibetic M, Stankovic A. Polyphenol-Rich Aronia melanocarpa Juice Consumption Affects LINE-1 DNA Methylation in Peripheral Blood Leukocytes in Dyslipidemic Women. Front Nutr. 2021; 8:689055. PMID: 34222308.
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    15. Dakic T, Lakic I, Zec M, Takic M, Stojiljkovic M, Jevdjovic T. Fructose-rich diet and walnut supplementation differently regulate rat hypothalamic and hippocampal glucose transporters expression. J Sci Food Agric. 2021 Nov; 101(14):5984-5991. PMID: 33856052.
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    16. Bo?kovic M, ?ivkovic M, Koricanac G, Stani?ic J, Zec M, Krga I, Stankovic A. Walnut Supplementation Restores the SIRT1-FoxO3a-MnSOD/Catalase Axis in the Heart, Promotes an Anti-Inflammatory Fatty Acid Profile in Plasma, and Lowers Blood Pressure on Fructose-Rich Diet. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2021; 2021:5543025. PMID: 33976753.
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    17. Zec MM, Krga I, Stojkovic L, ?ivkovic M, Pokimica B, Stankovic A, Glibetic M. Is There a FADS2-Modulated Link between Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Plasma Phospholipids and Polyphenol Intake in Adult Subjects Who Are Overweight? Nutrients. 2021 Jan 21; 13(2). PMID: 33494132.
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    18. Zec MM, Krga I, Takic M, Debeljak-Martacic J, Koricanac G, Rankovic S, Popovic T, Pantelic M, Glibetic M. Walnut Consumption Induces Tissue-Specific Omega-6/Omega-3 Decrease in High-Fructose-Fed Wistar Rats. ACS Omega. 2020 Nov 03; 5(43):28136-28145. PMID: 33163796.
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    19. Zec MM, Stojkovic L, Zekovic M, Pokimica B, Zivkovic M, Stankovic A, Glibetic M. FADS2 polymorphisms are associated with plasma arachidonic acid and estimated desaturase-5 activity in a cross-sectional study. Nutr Res. 2020 11; 83:49-62. PMID: 33011673.
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    20. Stanisic J, Ivkovic T, Romic S, Zec M, Culafic T, Stojiljkovic M, Koricanac G. Beneficial effect of walnuts on vascular tone is associated with Akt signalling, voltage-dependent calcium channel LTCC and ATP-sensitive potassium channel Kv1.2. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2021 May; 72(3):324-334. PMID: 32693647.
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    21. Stojkovic L, Jovanovic I, Zivkovic M, Zec M, Djuric T, Zivotic I, Kuveljic J, Kolakovic A, Kolic I, Djordjevic A, Glibetic M, Alavantic D, Stankovic A. The Effects of Aronia melanocarpa Juice Consumption on the mRNA Expression Profile in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Subjects at Cardiovascular Risk. Nutrients. 2020 May 20; 12(5). PMID: 32443695.
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    22. Knez M, Pantovic A, Zekovic M, Pavlovic Z, Glibetic M, Zec M. Is There a Link between Zinc Intake and Status with Plasma Fatty Acid Profile and Desaturase Activities in Dyslipidemic Subjects? Nutrients. 2019 Dec 28; 12(1). PMID: 31905662.
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    23. Vidovic N, Faid F, Pantovic A, Nikolic M, Debeljak-Martacic J, Zekovic M, Milesevic J, Drah MM, Zec M. Vitamin D and cardio-metabolic biomarkers: small-scale comparative study between Libyan migrants and resident women in Serbia. Libyan J Med. 2019 Dec; 14(1):1622364. PMID: 31146648.
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    24. Ojwang AA, Smuts CM, Zec M, Wentzel-Viljoen E, Kruger IM, Kruger HS. Comparison of dietary and plasma phospholipid fatty acids between normal weight and overweight black South Africans according to metabolic health: The PURE study. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2020 07; 158:102039. PMID: 31780327.
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    25. Zec MM, Schutte AE, Ricci C, Baumgartner J, Kruger IM, Smuts CM. Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Are Associated with Blood Pressure and Hypertension over 10-Years in Black South African Adults Undergoing Nutritional Transition. Foods. 2019 Sep 06; 8(9). PMID: 31500169.
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    26. Ojwang AA, Kruger HS, Zec M, Ricci C, Pieters M, Kruger IM, Wentzel-Viljoen E, Smuts CM. Plasma phospholipid fatty acid patterns are associated with adiposity and the metabolic syndrome in black South Africans: a cross-sectional study. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2019 Jul/Aug 23; 30(4):228-238. PMID: 31361296.
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    27. Pokimica B, Garc?a-Conesa MT, Zec M, Debeljak-Martacic J, Rankovic S, Vidovic N, Petrovic-Oggiano G, Konic-Ristic A, Glibetic M. Chokeberry Juice Containing Polyphenols Does Not Affect Cholesterol or Blood Pressure but Modifies the Composition of Plasma Phospholipids Fatty Acids in Individuals at Cardiovascular Risk. Nutrients. 2019 Apr 15; 11(4). PMID: 30991718.
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    28. Pantovic A, Zec M, Zekovic M, Obrenovic R, Stankovic S, Glibetic M. Vitamin D Is Inversely Related to Obesity: Cross-Sectional Study in a Small Cohort of Serbian Adults. J Am Coll Nutr. 2019 07; 38(5):405-414. PMID: 30633650.
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    29. Ricci C, Baumgartner J, Zec M, Kruger HS, Smuts CM. Type of dietary fat intakes in relation to all-cause and cause-specific mortality in US adults: an iso-energetic substitution analysis from the American National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey linked to the US mortality registry. Br J Nutr. 2018 02; 119(4):456-463. PMID: 29498349.
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    30. Kardum N, Konic Ristic A, Zec M, Kojadinovic M, Petrovic-Oggiano G, Zekovic M, Kroon PA, Glibetic M. Design, formulation and sensory evaluation of a polyphenol-rich food placebo: an example of aronia juice for food intervention studies. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2017 Sep; 68(6):742-749. PMID: 28147889.
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    31. Cavic M, Krivokuca A, Boljevic I, Brotto K, Jovanovic K, Tanic M, Filipovic L, Zec M, Malisic E, Jankovic R, Radulovic S. Pharmacogenetics in cancer therapy - 8 years of experience at the Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia. J BUON. 2016 Sept-Oct; 21(5):1287-1295. PMID: 27837635.
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    32. Knez M, Stangoulis JCR, Zec M, Debeljak-Martacic J, Pavlovic Z, Gurinovic M, Glibetic M. An initial evaluation of newly proposed biomarker of zinc status in humans - linoleic acid: dihomo-?-linolenic acid (LA:DGLA) ratio. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2016 Oct; 15:85-92. PMID: 28531790.
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    33. Kardum N, Petrovic-Oggiano G, Takic M, Glibetic N, Zec M, Debeljak-Martacic J, Konic-Ristic A. Effects of glucomannan-enriched, aronia juice-based supplement on cellular antioxidant enzymes and membrane lipid status in subjects with abdominal obesity. ScientificWorldJournal. 2014; 2014:869250. PMID: 25574495.
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    34. Zec M, Srdic-Rajic T, Krivokuca A, Jankovic R, Todorovic T, Andelkovic K, Radulovic S. Novel selenosemicarbazone metal complexes exert anti-tumor effect via alternative, caspase-independent necroptotic cell death. Med Chem. 2014; 10(8):759-71. PMID: 24678785.
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    35. Zec M, Srdic-Rajic T, Konic-Ristic A, Todorovic T, Andjelkovic K, Filipovic-Ljeskovic I, Radulovic S. Anti-metastatic and anti-angiogenic properties of potential new anti-cancer drugs based on metal complexes of selenosemicarbazones. Anticancer Agents Med Chem. 2012 Nov; 12(9):1071-80. PMID: 22583413.
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    36. Eshkourfu R, Cobeljic B, Vujcic M, Turel I, Pevec A, Sepcic K, Zec M, Radulovic S, Srdic-Radic T, Mitic D, Andjelkovic K, Sladic D. Synthesis, characterization, cytotoxic activity and DNA binding properties of the novel dinuclear cobalt(III) complex with the condensation product of 2-acetylpyridine and malonic acid dihydrazide. J Inorg Biochem. 2011 Sep; 105(9):1196-203. PMID: 21722616.
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    37. Srdic-Rajic T, Zec M, Todorovic T, Andelkovic K, Radulovic S. Non-substituted N-heteroaromatic selenosemicarbazone metal complexes induce apoptosis in cancer cells via activation of mitochondrial pathway. Eur J Med Chem. 2011 Sep; 46(9):3734-47. PMID: 21641698.
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    38. Bjelogrlic S, Todorovic T, Bacchi A, Zec M, Sladic D, Srdic-Rajic T, Radanovic D, Radulovic S, Pelizzi G, Andelkovic K. Synthesis, structure and characterization of novel Cd(II) and Zn(II) complexes with the condensation product of 2-formylpyridine and selenosemicarbazide Antiproliferative activity of the synthesized complexes and related selenosemicarbazone complexes. J Inorg Biochem. 2010 Jun; 104(6):673-82. PMID: 20356629.
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