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Kearns O, Camisasca A, Giordani S. Hyaluronic Acid-Conjugated Carbon Nanomaterials for Enhanced Tumour Targeting Ability. Molecules 2021; 27:48. [PMID: 35011272 PMCID: PMC8746509 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27010048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Hyaluronic acid (HA) has been implemented for chemo and photothermal therapy to target tumour cells overexpressing the CD44+ receptor. HA-targeting hybrid systems allows carbon nanomaterial (CNM) carriers to efficiently deliver anticancer drugs, such as doxorubicin and gemcitabine, to the tumour sites. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, graphene oxide (GO), and graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are grouped for a detailed review of the novel nanocomposites for cancer therapy. Some CNMs proved to be more successful than others in terms of stability and effectiveness at removing relative tumour volume. While the literature has been focused primarily on the CNTs and GO, other CNMs such as carbon nano-onions (CNOs) proved quite promising for targeted drug delivery using HA. Near-infrared laser photoablation is also reviewed as a primary method of cancer therapy-it can be used alone or in conjunction with chemotherapy to achieve promising chemo-photothermal therapy protocols. This review aims to give a background into HA and why it is a successful cancer-targeting component of current CNM-based drug delivery systems.
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, D09 E432 Dublin, Ireland; (O.K.); (A.C.)
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Gao P, Nicolas J, Ha-Duong T. Supramolecular Organization of Polymer Prodrug Nanoparticles Revealed by Coarse-Grained Simulations. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:17412-17423. [PMID: 34644073 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Drug-polymer conjugates that can self-assemble into nanoparticles are promising drug delivery systems that improve the drug bioavailability and allow their controlled release. However, despite the possibility of reaching high drug loadings, the efficiency of the drug release, mediated by cleavage of the drug-polymer linker, is a key parameter to obtain significant anticancer activity. To overcome the limitations of experimental characterizations and to gain a better understanding of such systems, we conducted a coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation study on four representative drug-polymer conjugates obtained by the "drug-initiated" method and studied their supramolecular organization upon self-assembly. The prodrugs were composed of either a gemcitabine or a paclitaxel anticancer drug, either a propanoate or a diglycolate linker, and a polyisoprene chain. Our simulations gave crucial information concerning the spatial organization of the different components (e.g., drug, linker, polymer, etc.) into the nanoparticles and revealed that the linkers are not fully accessible to the solvent. Notably, some cleavage sites were either poorly hydrated or partially solvated. These observations might account for the low efficiency of drug release from the nanoparticles, particularly when the linker is too short and/or not hydrophilic/solvated enough. We believe that our theoretical study could be adapted to other types of polymer prodrugs and could guide the design of new polymer prodrug nanoparticles with improved drug release efficiency.
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- Ping Gao
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, BioCIS, Châtenay-Malabry 92290, France.,Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut Galien Paris-Saclay, Châtenay-Malabry 92290, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut Galien Paris-Saclay, Châtenay-Malabry 92290, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, BioCIS, Châtenay-Malabry 92290, France
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Farzad F, Hashemzadeh H. Probing the effect of polyethene glycol on the adsorption mechanisms of Gem on the hexagonal boron nitride as a highly efficient polymer-based drug delivery system: DFT, classical MD and Well-tempered Metadynamics simulations. J Mol Graph Model 2020; 98:107613. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2020.107613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/28/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Ghadri Z, Raissi H, Shahabi M, Farzad F. Molecular dynamics simulation study of Glycine tip-functionalisation of single-walled carbon nanotubes as emerging nanovectors for the delivery of anticancer drugs. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2019.1679363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Zahra Ghadri
- Chemistry Department, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
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- Chemistry Department, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
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- Chemistry Department, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
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Mortazavifar A, Raissi H, Shahabi M. Comparative prediction of binding affinity of Hydroxyurea anti-cancer to boron nitride and carbon nanotubes as smart targeted drug delivery vehicles. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2019; 37:4852-4862. [PMID: 30721644 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2019.1567385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In this study, the adsorption of Hydroxyurea (HU) onto the inner and outer surfaces of boron nitride and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was investigated using the density functional theory calculations and molecular dynamics (MDs) simulations in aqueous solution. The values of the adsorption energy show that HU molecule is preferentially adsorbed inside of boron nitride and CNTs with the molecular axis parallel to the tubes axis, which means that the cavity of nanotubes is favorable for encapsulation of this drug. Also, it was found that the HU/boron nitride nanotube (BNNT) system is more stable than the HU/CNT system. The stability of the complexes of HU/ BNNT attributed to the formation of the intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the H atoms of HU molecule and the N atoms of BNNT, which is confirmed by Bader's quantum theory of atoms in molecules. The natural bond orbital analysis shows the charge transfers occur from HU molecule to nanotubes in all complexes. Moreover, the adsorption of HU molecule on the surfaces of the nanotubes was investigated by explicit water models. Also, the adsorption behavior of HU on the functionalized boron nitride and CNTs is investigated to design and develop new nanocarriers for biomedical applications. Furthermore, MDs simulations are examined in the presence of one and two drug molecules. The obtained results illustrate that the lowest value of Lennard-Jones (L-J) energy between drug and nanotubes exist in the simulation system with two drug molecules.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Birjand , Birjand , Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Birjand , Birjand , Iran
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Mehrjouei E, Akbarzadeh H, Shamkhali AN, Abbaspour M, Salemi S, Abdi P. Delivery of Cisplatin Anti-Cancer Drug from Carbon, Boron Nitride, and Silicon Carbide Nanotubes Forced by Ag-Nanowire: A Comprehensive Molecular Dynamics Study. Mol Pharm 2017; 14:2273-2284. [PMID: 28595387 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.7b00106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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In this work, liberation of cisplatin molecules from interior of a nanotube due to entrance of an Ag-nanowire inside it was simulated by classical molecular dynamics method. The aim of this simulation was investigation on the effects of diameter, chirality, and composition of the nanotube, as well as the influence of temperature on this process. For this purpose, single walled carbon, boron nitride, and silicon carbide nanotube were considered. In order for a more concise comparison of the results, a new parameter namely efficiency of drug release, was introduced. The results demonstrated that the efficiency of drug release is sensitive to its adsorption on outer surface of the nanotube. Moreover, this efficiency is also sensitive to the nanotube composition and its diameter. For the effect of nanotube composition, the results indicated that silicon carbide nanotube has the least efficiency for drug release, due to its strong drug-nanotube. Also, the most important acting forces on drug delivery are van der Waals interactions. Finally, the kinetic of drug release is fast and is not related to the structural parameters of the nanotube and temperature, significantly.
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- Esmat Mehrjouei
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Hakim Sabzevari University , 96179-76487 Sabzevar, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Hakim Sabzevari University , 96179-76487 Sabzevar, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili , 56199-11367 Ardabil, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Hakim Sabzevari University , 96179-76487 Sabzevar, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Hakim Sabzevari University , 96179-76487 Sabzevar, Iran
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- Department of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran , 14395-1561 Tehran, Iran
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pH-controlled doxorubicin anticancer loading and release from carbon nanotube noncovalently modified by chitosan: MD simulations. J Mol Graph Model 2016; 70:70-76. [PMID: 27677150 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2016.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Revised: 09/16/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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In the present study, we describe here the pH condition activating doxorubicin (DOX) anticancer drugs loading and release over single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) non-covalently wrapped with chitosan (CS). The possibility of drug displacement on DOX/CS/SWNT nanocarrier was investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. The drug loading and release were monitored via displacement analysis and binding energy calculations. The simulated results clearly showed that the drugs well interacted with the CS/SWNT at physiological pH (pH 7.4), where CS was in the deprotonated form. Contrastingly, in weakly acidic environments (pH 5.0-6.5) which is a pH characteristics of certain cancer environments, the protonated CS became loosen wrapped around the SWNT and triggered drugs release as a result of charge-charge repulsion between CS and drug molecules. The obtained data fulfil the understanding at atomic level of drug loading and release controlled by pH-sensitive polymer, which might be useful for further cancer therapy researches.
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Roosta S, Hashemianzadeh SM, Ketabi S. Encapsulation of cisplatin as an anti-cancer drug into boron-nitride and carbon nanotubes: Molecular simulation and free energy calculation. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2016; 67:98-103. [PMID: 27287103 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2016.04.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2016] [Revised: 04/06/2016] [Accepted: 04/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Encapsulation of cisplatin anticancer drug into the single walled (10, 0) carbon nanotube and (10, 0) boron-nitride nanotube was investigated by quantum mechanical calculations and Monte Carlo Simulation in aqueous solution. Solvation free energies and complexation free energies of the cisplatin@ carbon nanotube and cisplatin@ boron-nitride nanotube complexes was determined as well as radial distribution functions of entitled compounds. Solvation free energies of cisplatin@ carbon nanotube and cisplatin@ boron-nitride nanotube were -4.128kcalmol(-1) and -2457.124kcalmol(-1) respectively. The results showed that cisplatin@ boron-nitride nanotube was more soluble species in water. In addition electrostatic contribution of the interaction of boron- nitride nanotube complex and solvent was -281.937kcalmol(-1) which really more than Van der Waals and so the electrostatic interactions play a distinctive role in the solvation free energies of boron- nitride nanotube compounds. On the other hand electrostatic part of the interaction of carbon nanotube complex and solvent were almost the same as Van der Waals contribution. Complexation free energies were also computed to study the stability of related structures and the free energies were negative (-374.082 and -245.766kcalmol(-1)) which confirmed encapsulation of drug into abovementioned nanotubes. However, boron-nitride nanotubes were more appropriate for encapsulation due to their larger solubility in aqueous solution.
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- Sara Roosta
- Molecular Simulation Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Molecular Simulation Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
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Rungnim C, Rungrotmongkol T, Kungwan N, Hannongbua S. Protein-protein interactions between SWCNT/chitosan/EGF and EGF receptor: a model of drug delivery system. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2016; 34:1919-29. [PMID: 26381241 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2015.1095114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Epidermal growth factor (EGF) was used as the targeting ligand to enhance the specificity of a cancer drug delivery system (DDS) via its specific interaction with the EGF receptor (EGFR) that is overexpressed on the surface of some cancer cells. To investigate the intermolecular interaction and binding affinity between the EGF-conjugated DDS and the EGFR, 50 ns molecular dynamics simulations were performed on the complex of tethered EGFR and EGF linked to single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) through a biopolymer chitosan wrapping the tube outer surface (EGFR·EGF-CS-SWCNT-Drug complex), and compared to the EGFR·EGF complex and free EGFR. The binding pattern of the EGF-CS-SWCNT-Drug complex to the EGFR was broadly comparable to that for EGF, but the binding affinity of the EGF-CS-SWCNT-Drug complex was predicted to be somewhat better than that for EGF alone. Additionally, the chitosan chain could prevent undesired interactions of SWCNT at the binding pocket region. Therefore, EGF connected to SWCNT via a chitosan linker is a seemingly good formulation for developing a smart DDS served as part of an alternative cancer therapy.
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- Chompoonut Rungnim
- a NANOTEC, National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) , Pathum Thani , 12120 , Thailand
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- b Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science , Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok , Thailand.,c PhD Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Faculty of Science , Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok , Thailand
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- d Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science , Chiang Mai University , Chiang Mai 50200 , Thailand
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- e Computational Chemistry Unit Cell, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science , Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok 10330 , Thailand
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Ghadamgahi M, Ajloo D. Correlation of Drug and Carbon Nanotube Size in Encapsulation and Free Energy Calculation: A Molecular Insight. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.10039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- School of Chemistry; Damghan University; Damghan Iran
- Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, College of Science; University of Tehran; Tehran Iran
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Martincic M, Tobias G. Filled carbon nanotubes in biomedical imaging and drug delivery. Expert Opin Drug Deliv 2014; 12:563-81. [DOI: 10.1517/17425247.2015.971751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Nutho B, Khuntawee W, Rungnim C, Pongsawasdi P, Wolschann P, Karpfen A, Kungwan N, Rungrotmongkol T. Binding mode and free energy prediction of fisetin/β-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes. Beilstein J Org Chem 2014; 10:2789-99. [PMID: 25550745 PMCID: PMC4273227 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.10.296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2014] [Accepted: 11/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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In the present study, our aim is to investigate the preferential binding mode and encapsulation of the flavonoid fisetin in the nano-pore of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) at the molecular level using various theoretical approaches: molecular docking, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and binding free energy calculations. The molecular docking suggested four possible fisetin orientations in the cavity through its chromone or phenyl ring with two different geometries of fisetin due to the rotatable bond between the two rings. From the multiple MD results, the phenyl ring of fisetin favours its inclusion into the β-CD cavity, whilst less binding or even unbinding preference was observed in the complexes where the larger chromone ring is located in the cavity. All MM- and QM-PBSA/GBSA free energy predictions supported the more stable fisetin/β-CD complex of the bound phenyl ring. Van der Waals interaction is the key force in forming the complexes. In addition, the quantum mechanics calculations with M06-2X/6-31G(d,p) clearly showed that both solvation effect and BSSE correction cannot be neglected for the energy determination of the chosen system.
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- Bodee Nutho
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Nanoscience and Technology Program, Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), 111 Thailand Science Park, Thanon Phahonyothin Tambon Khlong Nueng, Amphoe Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria ; Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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Replica exchange molecular dynamics simulation of chitosan for drug delivery system based on carbon nanotube. J Mol Graph Model 2013; 39:183-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2012.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2012] [Revised: 10/29/2012] [Accepted: 11/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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