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Mauran L, Assailly C, Goudreau SR, Odaert B, Guichard G, Pasco M. Short Oligourea Foldamers as N- or C-Caps for Promoting α-Helix Formation in Water. Chembiochem 2024:e202400427. [PMID: 38943628 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202400427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2024] [Revised: 06/26/2024] [Accepted: 06/27/2024] [Indexed: 07/01/2024]
Abstract
While foldamers have been extensively studied as protein mimics and especially as α-helix mimics, their use as capping motif to enhance α-helix propensity remains comparatively much limited. In this study, we leverage the structural similarities between urea-based helical foldamers and α-helix to investigate the efficacy of oligoureas as N- or C-caps for reinforcing α-helical structures in water. Short oligoureas, comprising 3 to 4 residues, were strategically introduced at the N- or C-terminus of two peptide sequences (S-peptide and an Ala-rich model sequence). The impact of these foldamer insertions on peptide conformation was examined using electronic circular dichroism (ECD) and solution NMR. This research identifies specific foldamer sequences capable of promoting α-helicity when incorporated at either terminus of the peptides. Not only does this work broaden the application scope of foldamers, but it also provides valuable insights into novel strategies for modulating peptide conformation in aqueous environments. The findings presented in this study may have implications for peptide design and the development of bioactive foldamer-based peptide mimics.
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Affiliation(s)
- Laura Mauran
- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR5248, IECB, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, F-33600, Pessac, France
- IMMUPHARMA BIOTECH SAS, 15 rue de Bruxelles, 75009, Paris, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR5248, IECB, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, F-33600, Pessac, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248, F-33600, Pessac, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR5248, IECB, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, F-33600, Pessac, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR5248, IECB, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, F-33600, Pessac, France
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Gupta N, Wilczek M, Dobrzycki L, Pulka-Ziach K. Structural Consequences of N‐methylation of N‐terminus in Oligourea Foldamers. Chempluschem 2022; 87:e202200199. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202200199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Naveen Gupta
- University of Warsaw: Uniwersytet Warszawski Faculty of Chemistry Pastuera 1 02-093 Warsaw POLAND
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- University of Warsaw: Uniwersytet Warszawski Faculty of Chemistry Pasteura 1 02-093 Warsaw POLAND
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- University of Warsaw: Uniwersytet Warszawski Faculty of Chemistry Zwirki i Wigury 101 02-089 Warsaw POLAND
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Collie GW, Lombardo CM, Yoo SH, Pułka-Ziach K, Gabelica V, Mackereth CD, Rosu F, Guichard G. Crystal structures capture multiple stoichiometric states of an aqueous self-assembling oligourea foldamer. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:9514-9517. [PMID: 34546254 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc03604a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
We report here an oligourea foldamer able to self-assemble in aqueous conditions into helix bundles of multiple stoichiometries. Importantly, we report crystal structures of several of these stoichiometries, providing a series of high-resolution snap-shots of the structural polymorphism of this foldamer and uncovering a novel self-assembly.
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33607, Pessac, France.
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33607, Pessac, France.
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, INSERM, ARNA, UMR 5320, U1212, IECB, F-33600 Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, INSERM, ARNA, UMR 5320, U1212, IECB, F-33600 Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, INSERM, IECB, UMS 3033, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33607, Pessac, France.
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Abdildinova A, Kurth MJ, Gong Y. Solid‐Phase Synthesis of Peptidomimetics with Peptide Backbone Modifications. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202100264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Aizhan Abdildinova
- Innovative Drug Library Research Center Department of Chemistry College of Science Dongguk University 26, 3-ga, Pil-dong, Jung-gu Seoul 04620 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Davis CA 95616 USA
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- Innovative Drug Library Research Center Department of Chemistry College of Science Dongguk University 26, 3-ga, Pil-dong, Jung-gu Seoul 04620 Korea
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Peptide-oligourea hybrids analogue of GLP-1 with improved action in vivo. Nat Commun 2019; 10:924. [PMID: 30804332 PMCID: PMC6389962 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08793-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Peptides have gained so much attention in the last decade that they are now part of the main strategies, with small molecules and biologics, for developing new medicines. Despite substantial progress, the successful development of peptides as drugs still requires a number of limitations to be addressed, including short in vivo half-lives and poor membrane permeability. Here, we describe the use of oligourea foldamers as tool to improve the pharmaceutical properties of GLP-1, a 31 amino acid peptide hormone involved in metabolism and glycemic control. Our strategy consists in replacing four consecutive amino acids of GLP-1 by three consecutive ureido residues by capitalizing on the structural resemblance of oligourea and α-peptide helices. The efficacy of the approach is demonstrated with three GLP-1-oligourea hybrids showing prolonged activity in vivo. Our findings should enable the use of oligoureas in other peptides to improve their pharmaceutical properties and may provide new therapeutic applications.
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Go M, Choi H, Kim KY, Moon CJ, Choi Y, Miyake H, Lee SS, Jung SH, Choi MY, Jung JH. Temperature-controlled helical inversion of asymmetric triphenylamine-based supramolecular polymers; difference of handedness at the micro- and macroscopic levels. Org Chem Front 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9qo00051h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The M-helicity of asymmetric N-triphenylamine-based supramolecular polymers was inverted to the P-helicity during heating.
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- Misun Go
- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Sciences
- Gyeongsang National University
- Jinju 52828
- South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Sciences
- Gyeongsang National University
- Jinju 52828
- South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Sciences
- Gyeongsang National University
- Jinju 52828
- South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Sciences
- Gyeongsang National University
- Jinju 52828
- South Korea
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- Accident Prevention and Assessment Division 2
- National Institute of Chemical Safety
- Daejeon 34111
- South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Graduate School of Science
- Osaka City University
- Osaka 558-8585
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Sciences
- Gyeongsang National University
- Jinju 52828
- South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Sciences
- Gyeongsang National University
- Jinju 52828
- South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Sciences
- Gyeongsang National University
- Jinju 52828
- South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Sciences
- Gyeongsang National University
- Jinju 52828
- South Korea
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Das S, Ben Haj Salah K, Djibo M, Inguimbert N. Peptaibols as a model for the insertions of chemical modifications. Arch Biochem Biophys 2018; 658:16-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2018.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Revised: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Wechsel R, Raftery J, Cavagnat D, Guichard G, Clayden J. The meso
Helix: Symmetry and Symmetry-Breaking in Dynamic Oligourea Foldamers with Reversible Hydrogen-Bond Polarity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201604496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Romina Wechsel
- School of Chemistry; University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- ISM, UMR CNRS 5255; Université de Bordeaux; 351 cours de la Libération 33405 Talence France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR 5248; Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie; 2 rue Robert Escarpit 33607 Pessac France
- CNRS, CBMN, UMR 5248; 33600 Pessac France
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- School of Chemistry; University of Bristol; Cantock's Close Bristol BS8 1TS UK
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Wechsel R, Raftery J, Cavagnat D, Guichard G, Clayden J. The meso
Helix: Symmetry and Symmetry-Breaking in Dynamic Oligourea Foldamers with Reversible Hydrogen-Bond Polarity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:9657-61. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201604496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Romina Wechsel
- School of Chemistry; University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- ISM, UMR CNRS 5255; Université de Bordeaux; 351 cours de la Libération 33405 Talence France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR 5248; Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie; 2 rue Robert Escarpit 33607 Pessac France
- CNRS, CBMN, UMR 5248; 33600 Pessac France
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- School of Chemistry; University of Bristol; Cantock's Close Bristol BS8 1TS UK
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Mauran L, Kauffmann B, Odaert B, Guichard G. Stabilization of an α-helix by short adjacent accessory foldamers. CR CHIM 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crci.2015.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Kulikov OV, Siriwardane DA, McCandless GT, Barnes C, Sevryugina YV, DeSousa JD, Wu J, Sommer R, Novak BM. Self-Assembly ofn-Alkyl- and Aryl-Side Chain Ureas and Their Derivatives as Evidenced by SEM and X-ray Analysis. European J Org Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201501242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Fremaux J, Mauran L, Pulka-Ziach K, Kauffmann B, Odaert B, Guichard G. α-Peptide-Oligourea Chimeras: Stabilization of Short α-Helices by Non-Peptide Helical Foldamers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201500901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Fremaux J, Mauran L, Pulka‐Ziach K, Kauffmann B, Odaert B, Guichard G. α‐Peptide–Oligourea Chimeras: Stabilization of Short α‐Helices by Non‐Peptide Helical Foldamers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:9816-20. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201500901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2015] [Revised: 04/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Juliette Fremaux
- Univ. Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR 5248, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie (IECB), 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33607 Pessac (France)
- CNRS, CBMN, UMR 5248, 33600 Pessac (France)
- UREkA, Sarl, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33607 Pessac (France)
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR 5248, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie (IECB), 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33607 Pessac (France)
- CNRS, CBMN, UMR 5248, 33600 Pessac (France)
- UREkA, Sarl, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33607 Pessac (France)
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR 5248, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie (IECB), 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33607 Pessac (France)
- CNRS, CBMN, UMR 5248, 33600 Pessac (France)
- Present address: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02‐093 Warsaw (Poland)
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- Univ. Bordeaux, IECB, UMS 3033/US 001, 2 rue Escarpit, 33607 Pessac (France)
- CNRS, IECB, UMS 3033, 33600 Pessac (France)
- INSERM, IECB, US 001, 33600 Pessac (France)
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- CNRS, CBMN, UMR 5248, 33600 Pessac (France)
- Univ. Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR 5248, All. Geoffroy Saint‐Hilaire, 33600 Pessac (France)
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR 5248, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie (IECB), 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33607 Pessac (France)
- CNRS, CBMN, UMR 5248, 33600 Pessac (France)
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Kudo M, Maurizot V, Masu H, Tanatani A, Huc I. Structural elucidation of foldamers with no long range conformational order. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 50:10090-3. [PMID: 25050415 DOI: 10.1039/c4cc03822c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The synthesis and structural investigation of aromatic-aliphatic oligoamide foldamers reveals a zig-zag tape conformation with local conformational variability that precludes long range order.
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- Mayumi Kudo
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan.
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Maury J, Le Bailly BAF, Raftery J, Clayden J. Conformational cooperativity between helical domains of differing geometry in oligoamide–oligourea foldamer chimeras. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:11802-5. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc02995c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Two foldamer domains of different classes (urea and amide) remain in conformational communication, and adopt a well-defined global structure in solution, provided the interdomain hydrogen-bonds are suitably orientated.
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- Julien Maury
- School of Chemistry
- University of Manchester
- Manchester M13 9PL
- UK
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Manchester
- Manchester M13 9PL
- UK
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Nelli YR, Antunes S, Salaün A, Thinon E, Massip S, Kauffmann B, Douat C, Guichard G. Isosteric Substitutions of Urea to Thiourea and Selenourea in Aliphatic Oligourea Foldamers: Site-Specific Perturbation of the Helix Geometry. Chemistry 2014; 21:2870-80. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201405792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Wechsel R, Maury J, Fremaux J, France SP, Guichard G, Clayden J. Inducing achiral aliphatic oligoureas to fold into helical conformations. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:15006-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc06754a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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