This opening paper introduces the contributions of this special issue on mineral fibres and reports a gallery of the major results accomplished within the multidisciplinary project PRIN (PROGETTI DI RICERCA DI RILEVANTE INTERESSE NAZIONALE) 2017 "FIBRES: a multidisciplinary mineralogical, crystal-chemical and biological project to amend the paradigm of toxicity and cancerogenicity of mineral fibres" by the six different Research Units from the Universities of Ancona, Genova, Modena, Rome, Pisa-Parma, and Urbino. The main goal of the project was to increase the knowledge of the mechanisms by which mineral fibres, with special attention to asbestos and fibrous erionite, prompt adverse effects in vivo, linking the fibres' crystal-chemical physical parameters to their toxicity/carcinogenicity potential and recasting the existing mechanistic 'fibre toxicity paradigms'. This special issue contains specific contributions from each Research Unit of the project. The implications of the findings of the project are beyond the advance of the knowledge in the world of mineralogy/crystallography and constitute a remarkable progress in the understanding of the biological activity of mineral fibres in vivo.

PRIN 2017 Fibres - A Multidisciplinary Mineralogical, Crystal-Chemical and Biological Project. What have we learned after four years of research? / Alessandro Gualtieri; Mauro Leoncini; Sonia Fantone; Silvia Di Valerio; Giovanni Tossetta; Antonio D. Procopio; Daniela Marzioni; Armanda Pugnaloni; Anna Maria Bassi; Vanessa Almonti; Serena Mirata; Stefania Vernazza; Sara Tirendi; Barbara Marengo; Nicola Traverso; Mario Passalacqua; Sonia Scarfì; Simona Raneri; Laura Fornasini; Danilo Bersani; Paolo Ballirano; Alessandro Pacella; Andrea Bloise; Maria F. Ottaviani; Michele Mattioli; Matteo Giordani; Giancarlo Della Ventura; Natale Perchiazzi. - In: PERIODICO DI MINERALOGIA. - ISSN 0369-8963. - ELETTRONICO. - 92:(2023), pp. 143-158. [10.13133/2239-1002/18021]

PRIN 2017 Fibres - A Multidisciplinary Mineralogical, Crystal-Chemical and Biological Project. What have we learned after four years of research?

Simona Raneri;
2023

Abstract

This opening paper introduces the contributions of this special issue on mineral fibres and reports a gallery of the major results accomplished within the multidisciplinary project PRIN (PROGETTI DI RICERCA DI RILEVANTE INTERESSE NAZIONALE) 2017 "FIBRES: a multidisciplinary mineralogical, crystal-chemical and biological project to amend the paradigm of toxicity and cancerogenicity of mineral fibres" by the six different Research Units from the Universities of Ancona, Genova, Modena, Rome, Pisa-Parma, and Urbino. The main goal of the project was to increase the knowledge of the mechanisms by which mineral fibres, with special attention to asbestos and fibrous erionite, prompt adverse effects in vivo, linking the fibres' crystal-chemical physical parameters to their toxicity/carcinogenicity potential and recasting the existing mechanistic 'fibre toxicity paradigms'. This special issue contains specific contributions from each Research Unit of the project. The implications of the findings of the project are beyond the advance of the knowledge in the world of mineralogy/crystallography and constitute a remarkable progress in the understanding of the biological activity of mineral fibres in vivo.
2023
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143
158
Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Alessandro Gualtieri; Mauro Leoncini; Sonia Fantone; Silvia Di Valerio; Giovanni Tossetta; Antonio D. Procopio; Daniela Marzioni; Armanda Pugnaloni; A...espandi
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