Gastroenterology Research Unit, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn. 55905, USA. lomberk.gwen @ mayo.edu
Pancreatology. 2009;9(6):722-3. doi: 10.1159/000235624. Epub 2009 Dec 16.
The field of 'lipidology' has been building momentum in recent years and continues to evolve with the field of medicine as a whole. The field has been growing rapidly in response to unfortunate demographic trends that place an increasing number of people, in particular in the United States, at risk for coronary heart disease and epidemic levels of obesity, which coincide with a surge in new cases of diabetes mellitus. In addition, one of the major causes of pancreatitis in developed countries includes hyperlipidemia. Therefore, lipid biology is important in the context of the pancreas, both during our normal digestive process and its impact on diseases affecting the pancreas, such as diabetes, pancreatitis, and cancer.
近年来，“脂质学”领域发展迅速，随着整个医学领域的发展而不断演变。该领域的发展迅速，是因为不幸的人口趋势导致越来越多的人，尤其是在美国，面临冠心病和肥胖症流行水平的风险，而肥胖症与新的糖尿病病例激增同时发生。此外，发达国家胰腺炎的主要病因之一包括高脂血症。因此，脂质生物学在胰腺的背景下很重要，无论是在我们正常的消化过程中，还是在其对影响胰腺的疾病（如糖尿病、胰腺炎和癌症）的影响方面都很重要。
