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Promising Biomarkers of Radiation-Induced Lung Injury: A Review
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | Liu, Xinglong Shao, Chunlin Fu, Jiamei |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Radiation-induced lung injury (RILI) is one of the main dose-limiting side effects in patients with thoracic cancer during radiotherapy. No reliable predictors or accurate risk models are currently available in clinical practice. Severe radiation pneumonitis (RP) or pulmonary fibrosis (PF) will reduce the quality of life, even when the anti-tumor treatment is effective for patients. Thus, precise prediction and early diagnosis of lung toxicity are critical to overcome this longstanding problem. This review summarizes the primary mechanisms and preclinical animal models of RILI reported in recent decades, and analyzes the most promising biomarkers for the early detection of lung complications. In general, ideal integrated models considering individual genetic susceptibility, clinical background parameters, and biological variations are encouraged to be built up, and more prospective investigations are still required to disclose the molecular mechanisms of RILI as well as to discover valuable intervention strategies. |
| Starting Page | 1181 |
| e-ISSN | 22279059 |
| DOI | 10.3390/biomedicines9091181 |
| Journal | Biomedicines |
| Issue Number | 9 |
| Volume Number | 9 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-09-08 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Biomedicines Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging Radiation-induced Lung Injury Signaling Pathways Animal Models Biomarkers |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
