The rapidly growing field of functional, molecular and structural bio-imaging is providing an extraordinary new opportunity to overcome the limits of invasive liver biopsy and introduce a "digital biopsy" fo...The rapidly growing field of functional, molecular and structural bio-imaging is providing an extraordinary new opportunity to overcome the limits of invasive liver biopsy and introduce a "digital biopsy" for in vivo study of liver pathophysiology. To foster the application of bio-imaging in clinical and translational research, there is a need to standardize the methods of both acquisition and the storage of the bio-images of the liver. It can be hoped that the combination of digital, liquid and histologic liver biopsies will provide an innovative synergistic tri-dimensional approach to identifying new aetiologies, diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets for the optimization of personalized therapy of liver diseases and liver cancer. A group of experts of different disciplines(Special Interest Group for Personalized Hepatology of the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver, Institute for Biostructures and Bio-imaging of the National Research Council and Bio-banking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure) discussed criteria, methods and guidelines for facilitating the requisite application of data collection. This manuscript provides a multi-Author review of the issue with special focus on fatty liver.展开更多
Objective:To summarize the main updated evidence about the health effects of air pollution,with a special focus on Southern Europe.Data sources:Literature was obtained through PubMed Central and the official websites ...Objective:To summarize the main updated evidence about the health effects of air pollution,with a special focus on Southern Europe.Data sources:Literature was obtained through PubMed Central and the official websites of European Agencies and Scientific Societies.Study selection:Recent shreds of evidence about the health effects of air pollution coming from international reports and original research were collected and described in this review.Results:Air pollution is an avoidable risk factor that causes a huge burden for society,in terms of death,health disorders,and huge socio-economic costs.The southern European countries face a more threatening problem because they experience the effects of both anthropogenic pollutants and natural dusts(particulate matter[PM]).The European Environment Agency reported the number of premature deaths in the 28 countries of the European Union attributable to air pollutant exposure in the year 2016:374,000 for PM2.5,68,000 for nitrogen dioxide,and 14,000 for ozone.In Italy,time series and analytical epidemiological studies showed increased cardiorespiratory hospital admissions and mortality,as well as increased risk of respiratory diseases in people living in urban areas.Conclusions:Based on abundant evidence,the World Health Organization,which hosts the Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases(GARD),the scientific respiratory societies,and the patients’associations,as well as others in the health sector,must increase their engagement in advocacy for clean air policies.展开更多
基金Supported by the Italian Ministry of Health Project,No.RF-2010-2314264
文摘The rapidly growing field of functional, molecular and structural bio-imaging is providing an extraordinary new opportunity to overcome the limits of invasive liver biopsy and introduce a "digital biopsy" for in vivo study of liver pathophysiology. To foster the application of bio-imaging in clinical and translational research, there is a need to standardize the methods of both acquisition and the storage of the bio-images of the liver. It can be hoped that the combination of digital, liquid and histologic liver biopsies will provide an innovative synergistic tri-dimensional approach to identifying new aetiologies, diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets for the optimization of personalized therapy of liver diseases and liver cancer. A group of experts of different disciplines(Special Interest Group for Personalized Hepatology of the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver, Institute for Biostructures and Bio-imaging of the National Research Council and Bio-banking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure) discussed criteria, methods and guidelines for facilitating the requisite application of data collection. This manuscript provides a multi-Author review of the issue with special focus on fatty liver.
文摘Objective:To summarize the main updated evidence about the health effects of air pollution,with a special focus on Southern Europe.Data sources:Literature was obtained through PubMed Central and the official websites of European Agencies and Scientific Societies.Study selection:Recent shreds of evidence about the health effects of air pollution coming from international reports and original research were collected and described in this review.Results:Air pollution is an avoidable risk factor that causes a huge burden for society,in terms of death,health disorders,and huge socio-economic costs.The southern European countries face a more threatening problem because they experience the effects of both anthropogenic pollutants and natural dusts(particulate matter[PM]).The European Environment Agency reported the number of premature deaths in the 28 countries of the European Union attributable to air pollutant exposure in the year 2016:374,000 for PM2.5,68,000 for nitrogen dioxide,and 14,000 for ozone.In Italy,time series and analytical epidemiological studies showed increased cardiorespiratory hospital admissions and mortality,as well as increased risk of respiratory diseases in people living in urban areas.Conclusions:Based on abundant evidence,the World Health Organization,which hosts the Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases(GARD),the scientific respiratory societies,and the patients’associations,as well as others in the health sector,must increase their engagement in advocacy for clean air policies.
