lipid metabolism disorders

Translational and precision medicine research laboratory on the pathogenesis and severity of chronic liver diseases due to fat accumulation and hepatocellular carcinoma

Translational and precision medicine research laboratory on the pathogenesis and severity of chronic liver diseases due to fat accumulation and hepatocellular carcinoma

The research activity concerns the hepatological field and is aimed at the development of a diagnostic / prognostic pathway of chronic fat storage diseases both on an alcoholic and metabolic basis and on hepatocarcinoma, which combines different disciplinary skills (Translational Medicine) and oriented on subgroups of patients with the same disease (Precision Medicine).

Lipid Myopathies

Disorders of lipid metabolism affect several tissues, including skeletal and cardiac muscle tissues. Lipid myopathies (LM) are rare multi-systemic diseases, which most often are due to genetic defects. Clinically, LM can have acute or chronic clinical presentation. Disease onset can occur in all ages, from early stages of life to late-adult onset, showing with a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms. Muscular involvement can be fluctuant or stable and can manifest as fatigue, exercise intolerance and muscular weakness. Muscular atrophy is rarely present.

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