Primary sarcopenia is age-related and can lead to falls, osteoporosis, fractures, malnutrition, frailty, sarcopenic obesity, and even loss of independent living silks in patients, which all increase the risk of hospitalization and the cost of healthcare.Early diagnosis of sarcopenia is an effective means to prevent these adverse events.This paper reviewed relevant studies conducted in China and other countries on imaging techniques for the diagnosis of sarcopenia, and examines the advantages and disadvantages of different techniques, in order to sort out well-grounded principles for clinical practice and future improvement in the management of sarcopenia.

Objective: To study the possibility of liposomes to ta rget hepatocytes af ter being linked with asialofetuin(AF). Methods: The biodistribu tions in differen t cells in liver as well as in blood, in various organs such as heart, spleen, l ung and kidney of mice, of traditional sterically stabilized liposomes(SSL) , AF-linked normal liposomes(AF-NL) and AF-linked sterically stabilized lipos ome s(AF-SSL) were studied by radioisotopic labeling. Results: The half-live s of SSL, AF-NL and AF-SSL were 14.44, 4.73 and 11.49 h， respectively. The di strib ution of liposomes in liver was AF-NL>AF-SSL>SSL. There was significant differenc e among these three formulations. In hepatocytes and non-hepatocytes, the conce ntr ations of the liposomes were both in line with the sequence AF-NL>AF-SSL>SSL( P <0.05). However, the ra tios of the concentrations in hepatocytes to that of non-hepatocytes were AF-N L≈AF -SSLSSL( P <0.05). Conclusion: After being labeled with asi alofetuin, liposomes can target hepatocytes very we ll， whether in long-circulation or not.