Nicola Bianchi

TL;DR: Determination of the soluble lead fraction in soil, and of its bioaccumulation in the saprophagous Armadillidium sordidum (Isopoda) and the predator Ocypus olens (Coleoptera), showed that a significant portion of metallic Pb from spent pellets is bioavailable in the soil and can beBioaccumulated by edaphic organisms, entering the soil trophic network, but without biomagnification.

TL;DR: Chitotriosidase proved to be a biomarker with good sensitivity and specificity that is easily detected in serum that can be proposed in clinical practice to identify progressive patients requiring close follow-up, to detect relapses and to evaluate the effects of therapy.

TL;DR: The brain, liver, red and white muscle, gonads, fat, skin, pancreas, and spleen of Greenland sharks from NE Greenland fjords were analysed for PCBs, PCDDs/DFs, PBDEs; DDT isomers; HCH isomers%; dieldrin; endrin; HCB; Cd, Hg, Pb, and Se.

TL;DR: Chitotriosidase and sIL‐2R are two markers of sarcoidosis of different origin, the values of which show a correlation in patients; they are easily detectable in serum and could be useful clinical markers of progression.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed SAA expression in detail, starting from proteomic analysis of serum of sarcoidosis patients and used the faster ELISA method that enabled them to examine a greater number of samples.