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Zhou W, Zhu C, Shen P, Wang JF, Zhu G, Jia Y, Wu Y, Wang S, Sun J, Yang F, Song Y, Han X, Guan X. Hypoxia stimulates CTC-platelet cluster formation to promote breast cancer metastasis. iScience 2024; 27:109547. [PMID: 38660400 PMCID: PMC11039329 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024] Open
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Circulating tumor cell clusters/micro-emboli (CTM) possess greater metastatic capacity and survival advantage compared to individual circulating tumor cell (CTC). However, the formation of CTM subtypes and their role in tumor metastasis remain unclear. In this study, we used a microfluidic Cluster-Chip with easy operation and high efficiency to isolate CTM from peripheral blood, which confirmed their correlation with clinicopathological features and identified the critical role of CTC-platelet clusters in breast cancer metastasis. The correlation between platelets and CTM function was further confirmed in a mouse model and RNA sequencing of CTM identified high-expressed genes related to hypoxia stimulation and platelet activation which possibly suggested the correlation of hypoxia and CTC-platelet cluster formation. In conclusion, we successfully developed the Cluster-Chip platform to realize the clinical capture of CTMs and analyze the biological properties of CTC-platelet clusters, which could benefit the design of potential treatment regimens to prevent CTM-mediated metastasis and tumor malignant progression.
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- Weijia Zhou
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, School of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, School of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, School of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, School of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, School of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, School of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- The Comprehensive cancer Center of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, 150 Haping Road, Harbin 150081, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, School of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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Danusso R, Rosati R, Possenti L, Lombardini E, Gigli F, Costantino ML, Ferrazzi E, Casagrande G, Lattuada D. Human umbilical cord blood cells suffer major modification by fixatives and anticoagulants. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1070474. [PMID: 37008002 PMCID: PMC10050555 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1070474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023] Open
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Introduction: Developing techniques for the tagless isolation of homogeneous cell populations in physiological-like conditions is of great interest in medical research. A particular case is Gravitational Field-Flow Fractionation (GrFFF), which can be run avoiding cell fixation, and that was already used to separate viable cells. Cell dimensions have a key role in this process. However, their dimensions under physiological-like conditions are not easily known since the most diffused measurement techniques are performed on fixed cells, and the fixation used to preserve tissues can alter the cell size. This work aims to obtain and compare cell size data under physiological-like conditions and in the presence of a fixative.Methods: We developed a new protocol that allows the analysis of blood cells in different conditions. Then, we applied it to obtain a dataset of human cord blood cell dimensions from 32 subjects, comparing two tubes with anticoagulants (EDTA and Citrate) and two tubes with different preservatives (CellRescue and CellSave). We analyzed a total of 2071 cells by using confocal microscopy via bio-imaging to assess dimensions (cellular and nuclear) and morphology.Results: Cell diameter measured does not differ when using the different anticoagulants, except for the increase reported for monocyte in the presence of citrate. Instead, cell dimensions differ when comparing anticoagulants and cell preservative tubes, with a few exceptions. Cells characterized by high cytoplasm content show a reduction in their size, while morphology appears always preserved. In a subgroup of cells, 3D reconstruction was performed. Cell and nucleus volumes were estimated using different methods (specific 3D tool or reconstruction from 2D projection).Discussion: We found that some cell types benefit from a complete 3D analysis because they contain non-spherical structures (mainly for cells characterized by poly-lobated nucleus). Overall, we showed the effect of the preservatives mixture on cell dimensions. Such an effect must be considered when dealing with problems highly dependent on cell size, such as GrFFF. Additionally, such information is crucial in computational models increasingly being employed to simulate biological events.
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- Roberta Danusso
- Department of Women-Child-Newborn, Foundation IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Women-Child-Newborn, Foundation IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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- LaBS, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Women-Child-Newborn, Foundation IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Women-Child-Newborn, Foundation IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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- LaBS, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Women-Child-Newborn, Foundation IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Women-Child-Newborn, Foundation IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
- LaBS, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Women-Child-Newborn, Foundation IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
- *Correspondence: Debora Lattuada,
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Liu Y, Xu H, Li T, Wang W. Microtechnology-enabled filtration-based liquid biopsy: challenges and practical considerations. LAB ON A CHIP 2021; 21:994-1015. [PMID: 33710188 DOI: 10.1039/d0lc01101k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Liquid biopsy, an important enabling technology for early diagnosis and dynamic monitoring of cancer, has drawn extensive attention in the past decade. With the rapid developments of microtechnology, it has been possible to manipulate cells at the single-cell level, which dramatically improves the liquid biopsy capability. As the microtechnology-enabled liquid biopsy matures from proof-of-concept demonstrations towards practical applications, a main challenge it is facing now is to process clinical samples which are usually of a large volume while containing very rare targeted cells in complex backgrounds. Therefore, a high-throughput liquid biopsy which is capable of processing liquid samples with a large volume in a reasonable time along with a high recovery rate of rare targeted cells from complex clinical liquids is in high demand. Moreover, the purity, viability and release feasibility of recovered targeted cells are the other three key impact factors requiring careful considerations. To date, among the developed techniques, micropore-type filtration has been acknowledged as the most promising solution to address the aforementioned challenges in practical applications. However, the presently reported studies about micropore-type filtration are mostly based on trial and error for device designs aiming at different cancer types, which requires lots of efforts. Therefore, there is an urgent need to investigate and elaborate the fundamental theories of micropore-type filtration and key features that influence the working performances in the liquid biopsy of real clinical samples to promote the application efficacy in practical applications. In this review, the state of the art of microtechnology-enabled filtration is systematically and comprehensively summarized. Four key features of the filtration, including throughput, purity, viability and release feasibility of the captured targeted cells, are elaborated to provide the guidelines for filter designs. The recent progress in the filtration mode modulation and sample standardization to improve the filtration performance of real clinical samples is also discussed. Finally, this review concludes with prospective views for future developments of filtration-based liquid biopsy to promote its application efficacy in clinical practice.
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- Yaoping Liu
- Institute of Microelectronics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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Advances in Computational Fluid Mechanics in Cellular Flow Manipulation: A Review. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/app9194041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Recently, remarkable developments have taken place, leading to significant improvements in microfluidic methods to capture subtle biological effects down to single cells. As microfluidic devices are getting sophisticated, design optimization through experimentations is becoming more challenging. As a result, numerical simulations have contributed to this trend by offering a better understanding of cellular microenvironments hydrodynamics and optimizing the functionality of the current/emerging designs. The need for new marketable designs with advantageous hydrodynamics invokes easier access to efficient as well as time-conservative numerical simulations to provide screening over cellular microenvironments, and to emulate physiological conditions with high accuracy. Therefore, an excerpt overview on how each numerical methodology and associated handling software works, and how they differ in handling underlying hydrodynamic of lab-on-chip microfluidic is crucial. These numerical means rely on molecular and continuum levels of numerical simulations. The current review aims to serve as a guideline for researchers in this area by presenting a comprehensive characterization of various relevant simulation techniques.
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Jarvas G, Szigeti M, Guttman A. Effect of the flow profile on separation efficiency in pressure-assisted reversed-polarity capillary zone electrophoresis of anions: Simulation and experimental evaluation. J Sep Sci 2018; 41:2473-2478. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201701372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Revised: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Gabor Jarvas
- Horváth Csaba Memorial Institute of Bioanalytical Research; Research Centre for Molecular Medicine; Faculty of Medicine; University of Debrecen; Debrecen Hungary
- MTA-PE Translational Glycomics Group; University of Pannonia; Veszprem Hungary
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- Horváth Csaba Memorial Institute of Bioanalytical Research; Research Centre for Molecular Medicine; Faculty of Medicine; University of Debrecen; Debrecen Hungary
- MTA-PE Translational Glycomics Group; University of Pannonia; Veszprem Hungary
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- Horváth Csaba Memorial Institute of Bioanalytical Research; Research Centre for Molecular Medicine; Faculty of Medicine; University of Debrecen; Debrecen Hungary
- SCIEX Separations; Brea CA USA
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Járvás G, Varga T, Szigeti M, Hajba L, Fürjes P, Rajta I, Guttman A. Tilted pillar array fabrication by the combination of proton beam writing and soft lithography for microfluidic cell capture Part 2: Image sequence analysis based evaluation and biological application. Electrophoresis 2017; 39:534-539. [PMID: 28714133 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201700268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Revised: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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As a continuation of our previously published work, this paper presents a detailed evaluation of a microfabricated cell capture device utilizing a doubly tilted micropillar array. The device was fabricated using a novel hybrid technology based on the combination of proton beam writing and conventional lithography techniques. Tilted pillars offer unique flow characteristics and support enhanced fluidic interaction for improved immunoaffinity based cell capture. The performance of the microdevice was evaluated by an image sequence analysis based in-house developed single-cell tracking system. Individual cell tracking allowed in-depth analysis of the cell-chip surface interaction mechanism from hydrodynamic point of view. Simulation results were validated by using the hybrid device and the optimized surface functionalization procedure. Finally, the cell capture capability of this new generation microdevice was demonstrated by efficiently arresting cells from a HT29 cell-line suspension.
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- Gábor Járvás
- MTA-PE Translational Glycomics Group, MUKKI, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary.,Horváth Csaba Memorial Institute of Bioanalytical Research, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Institute of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary
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- MTA-PE Translational Glycomics Group, MUKKI, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary.,Horváth Csaba Memorial Institute of Bioanalytical Research, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- MTA-PE Translational Glycomics Group, MUKKI, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary
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- Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Energy Research, Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science, Budapest, Hungary
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- MTA-PE Translational Glycomics Group, MUKKI, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary.,Horváth Csaba Memorial Institute of Bioanalytical Research, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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Rajta I, Huszánk R, Szabó ATT, Nagy GUL, Szilasi S, Fürjes P, Holczer E, Fekete Z, Járvás G, Szigeti M, Hajba L, Bodnár J, Guttman A. Tilted pillar array fabrication by the combination of proton beam writing and soft lithography for microfluidic cell capture: Part 1 Design and feasibility. Electrophoresis 2015; 37:498-503. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201500254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2015] [Revised: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Energy Research; Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science; Budapest Hungary
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- Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Energy Research; Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science; Budapest Hungary
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- Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Energy Research; Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science; Budapest Hungary
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- MTA-PE Translational Glycomics Group, MUKKI; University of Pannonia; Veszprém Hungary
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- MTA-PE Translational Glycomics Group, MUKKI; University of Pannonia; Veszprém Hungary
- Horvath Csaba Laboratory of Bioseparation Sciences; University of Debrecen; Debrecen Hungary
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- MTA-PE Translational Glycomics Group, MUKKI; University of Pannonia; Veszprém Hungary
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- MTA-PE Translational Glycomics Group, MUKKI; University of Pannonia; Veszprém Hungary
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- MTA-PE Translational Glycomics Group, MUKKI; University of Pannonia; Veszprém Hungary
- Horvath Csaba Laboratory of Bioseparation Sciences; University of Debrecen; Debrecen Hungary
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Huszank R, Rajta I, Cserháti C. Direct formation of high aspect ratio multiple tilted micropillar array in liquid phase PDMS by proton beam writing. Eur Polym J 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2015.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Song Y, Li M, Pan X, Wang Q, Li D. Size-based cell sorting with a resistive pulse sensor and an electromagnetic pump in a microfluidic chip. Electrophoresis 2014; 36:398-404. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201400292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2014] [Revised: 08/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Yongxin Song
- Department of Marine Engineering; Dalian Maritime University; Dalian P. R. China
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- Department of Marine Engineering; Dalian Maritime University; Dalian P. R. China
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- Department of Marine Engineering; Dalian Maritime University; Dalian P. R. China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine; The second affiliated hospital of Dalian Medical University; Dalian P. R. China
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- Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering; University of Waterloo; Waterloo Ontario Canada
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Jarvas G, Szigeti M, Hajba L, Furjes P, Guttman A. Computational Fluid Dynamics-Based Design of a Microfabricated Cell Capture Device. J Chromatogr Sci 2014; 53:411-6. [DOI: 10.1093/chromsci/bmu110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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