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Xu X, Peng L, Xia Y, Guo Y, Qi T, Li C, Ding F, Zhao H, Zhao X, Liu Q, Han X, Xia L, He Y, Li W, Liu R, Xu X, Hai C, Yan W, Tao L. Fibronectin type III domain containing 4 alleviates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury via the Nrf2-dependent antioxidant pathway. Free Radic Biol Med 2024; 224:256-271. [PMID: 39197598 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2024.08.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2024] [Revised: 08/10/2024] [Accepted: 08/25/2024] [Indexed: 09/01/2024]
Abstract
Fibronectin type III domain containing 4 (FNDC4) is highly homologous with FNDC5, which possesses various cardiometabolic protective functions. Emerging evidence suggests a noteworthy involvement of FNDC4 in fat metabolism and inflammatory processes. This study aimed to characterize the role of FNDC4 in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (MI/R) injury and decrypt its underlying mechanisms. MI/R models of mice were established to investigate the alteration of FNDC4 in plasma and myocardium. We observed that plasma FNDC4 in MI/R-injury mice and patients experiencing acute myocardial infarction were both significantly reduced as opposed to their respective controls. Likewise, FNDC4 expression of myocardium decreased markedly in MI/R mice compared to the sham-operated group. Mice of FNDC4 knockout and myocardial overexpression were further introduced to elucidate the role of FNDC4 in MI/R injury by detecting cardiomyocyte apoptosis, myocardial infarct size, and cardiac function. Ablation of FNDC4 exacerbated cardiac dysfunction, increased myocardial infarction area and cardiomyocyte apoptosis when matched with wild-type mice post-MI/R. In contrast, FNDC4 overexpression through intramyocardial injection of rAAV9-Fndc4 significantly ameliorated cardiac function, reduced myocardial infarction area and cardiomyocyte apoptosis compared to sham group. Additionally, hypoxia-reoxygenation (H/R) was used to induce cardiomyocyte apoptosis, and to further elucidate the direct effects of FNDC4 on cardiomyocytes in vitro, and the results demonstrated that neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes overexpressing FNDC4 showed less H/R-induced apoptosis, as evidenced by cleaved caspase 3 expression, TUNEL staining and flow cytometry. By performing RNA-seq analysis followed by cause-effect analysis, ERK1/2-Nrf2 pathway-mediated antioxidative effects were responsible for the protective roles of FNDC4 on cardiomyocytes. In summary, FNDC4 exerts cardioprotection against MI/R injury predominantly through mitigating oxidative stress responses and reducing cardiomyocyte apoptosis. These insights solidify the proposition of FNDC4 as a potential therapeutic aim for tackling MI/R damage.
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- Xiaoming Xu
- Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China; School of Public Management, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710004, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, The Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, Shanxi Key Lab of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, School of Public Health, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, The Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, Shanxi Key Lab of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, School of Public Health, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Periodontology, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Toxicology, The Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, Shanxi Key Lab of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, School of Public Health, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and the Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, School of Public Health, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China.
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Longstreth JH, Wang K. The role of fibronectin in mediating cell migration. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2024; 326:C1212-C1225. [PMID: 38372136 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00633.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Fibronectin (FN) is a major extracellular matrix (ECM) protein involved in a wide range of physiological processes, including cell migration. These FN-mediated cell migration events are essential to processes such as wound repair, cancer metastasis, and vertebrate development. This review synthesizes mainly current literature to provide an overview of the mechanoregulatory role of FN-mediated cell migration. Background on FN structure and role in mechanotransduction is provided. Cell migration concepts are introduced, including the general cell migration mechanism and classification of cell migration types. Then, FN-mediated events that directly affect cell migration are explored. Finally, a focus on FN in tissue repair and cancer migration is presented, as these topics represent a large amount of current research.
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- Jessica H Longstreth
- Department of Bioengineering, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Jacenik D, Hikisz P, Beswick EJ, Fichna J. The clinical relevance of the adhesion G protein-coupled receptor F5 for human diseases and cancers. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2023; 1869:166683. [PMID: 36878303 PMCID: PMC10164118 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2023.166683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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Among the numerous adhesion G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), adhesion G protein-coupled estrogen receptor F5 (ADGRF5) contains unique domains in the long N-terminal tail which can determine cell-cell and cell-matrix interaction as well as cell adhesion. Nevertheless, the biology of ADGRF5 is complex and still poorly explored. Accumulating evidence suggests that the ADGRF5 activity is fundamental in health and disease. For instance, ADGRF5 is essential in the proper function of lungs and kidney as well as the endocrine system, and its signification in vascularization and tumorigenesis has been demonstrated. The most recent studies have provided findings about the diagnostic potential of ADGRF5 in osteoporosis and cancers, and ongoing studies suggest other diseases as well. Here, we elaborate on the current state of knowledge about the ADGRF5 in the physiology and pathophysiology of human diseases and highlight its high potential as a novel target in various therapeutic areas.
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- Damian Jacenik
- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
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- Department of Oncobiology and Epigenetics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
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Camacho M, León X, Pujol A, Montezuma L, Quer M, García J. Prognostic value of transcriptional expression of fibronectin type III domain-containing 4 (FNDC4) in head and neck carcinoma patients treated with chemoradiotherapy. Clin Transl Oncol 2022; 24:2175-2180. [PMID: 35752749 PMCID: PMC9243719 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-022-02870-3] [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: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Purpose FNDC4 gene encodes the fibronectin type III domain-containing 4 protein. Elevated expression of FNDC4 has been associated with poor prognosis in several types of cancer. There are no studies that have evaluated the prognostic capacity of FNDC4 in patients with head and neck cancer (HNSCC). The aim of our study was to analyze the relationship between the transcriptional expression of FNDC4 and prognosis in HNSCC patients. Methods We determined the transcriptional expression of FNDC4 in 67 patients with advanced-stage HNSCC (III–IV) treated with chemoradiotherapy. The FNDC4 expression was categorized according to the disease-specific survival with a recursive partitioning analysis. Results There were significant differences in disease-specific survival as a function of the level of FNDC4 transcriptional expression. The 5-year disease-specific survival for patients with high FNDC4 expression (n = 44, 65.7%) was 32.9% (95% CI: 16.5–49.3%), and for patients with low expression (n = 23, 34.3%) it was 85.4% (95% CI: 70.2–100%) (P = 0.0001). Patients with a high FNDC4 expression had poorer local (P = 0.097), regional (P = 0.008), and distant (0.034) recurrence-free survival. The results of a multivariate analysis showed that patients with a high FNDC4 expression had a 6.15-fold increased risk of death as a consequence of the HNSCC (95% CI: 1.71–22.06). Conclusion FNCF4 transcriptional expression was significantly related to the disease-specific survival of HNSCC patients treated with chemoradiotherapy. Patients with elevated FNDC4 expression had a significant decrease in disease-specific survival. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12094-022-02870-3.
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- Mercedes Camacho
- Genomics of Complex Diseases, Research Institute Hospital Sant Pau, IIB Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, Spain.,UVIC, Universitat Central de Catalunya, Vic, Spain
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- Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Oncologic Radiotherapy Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, Spain
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- Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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Huang CN, Liu CL, Zeng SQ, Liu CB, Si WJ, Yuan Y, Ren LX, He YM, Zhang WY, Zhang HY, Zeng Y, Han YG, Na RS, Ee GX, Huang YF. Identification of differentially expressed long non-coding RNAs and messenger RNAs involved with muscle development in Dazu black goats through RNA sequencing. Anim Biotechnol 2022:1-9. [PMID: 34985384 DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2021.2020804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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This study aimed to explore the genetic basis of muscle development in goats. The transcriptome dataset for differentially expressed lncRNAs (DELs) and differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of goat muscle at different developmental stages were obtained using RNA-Seq. A total of 447,806,481 and 587,559,465 clean reads in the longissimus dorsi muscle of Dazu black goats between 75d embryonic stage and 1d after birth were generated through Illumina paired-end sequencing, and their mapping rates were 89.82 and 90.99%, respectively. Moreover, 4517 DEGs and 648 DELs were identified, and 4784 lncRNA-mRNA targeting relationships were predicted. Gene function annotation results showed that 4101 DEGs were significantly enriched to 1098 GO terms, and 2014 DEGs were significantly enriched to 40 KEGG pathways, including many GO terms and pathways related to muscle development, such as cell differentiation and Wnt signaling pathway. Then, 10 DELs and 20 DEGs were randomly selected for RT-qPCR verification, and the agreement rate between the verification and RNA-Seq results was 90%, indicating the high reliability of the RNA-Seq data analysis. In conclusion, this study obtained several mRNAs and lncRNAs related to the muscle development of Dazu black goats and identified several targeted regulatory pairs of lncRNA-mRNA. This study may serve as a reference to understand the genetic basis and molecular mechanism of muscle development in goats.
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- Chao-Nan Huang
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage and Herbivore, Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization, College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage and Herbivore, Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization, College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage and Herbivore, Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization, College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage and Herbivore, Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization, College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage and Herbivore, Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization, College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage and Herbivore, Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization, College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage and Herbivore, Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization, College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage and Herbivore, Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization, College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage and Herbivore, Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization, College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage and Herbivore, Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization, College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage and Herbivore, Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization, College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage and Herbivore, Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization, College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage and Herbivore, Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization, College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage and Herbivore, Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization, College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Forage and Herbivore, Chongqing Engineering Research Centre for Herbivores Resource Protection and Utilization, College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Wang B, Zheng B, Lu Y, Huang D, Liu J, Song J, Zheng S. FNDC4 acts as an extracellular factor to promote the invasiveness of hepatocellular carcinoma partly via the PI3K/Akt signalling pathway. Cancer Med 2021; 10:7242-7252. [PMID: 34418326 PMCID: PMC8525097 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.4225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Revised: 08/08/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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FNDC4 is highly homologous to the exercise‐associated myokine FNDC5/irisin, which is highly expressed and promotes the invasion and metastasis of HCC cells. However, the function of FNDC4 remains unknown. Here, we report that FNDC4, an extracellular factor, plays important roles in the invasion and metastasis of HCC. We found that high FNDC4 expression is associated with poor survival in HCC patients and FNDC4 promotes the migration and invasion of HCC cells. Mechanistically, we found that FNDC4 is related to the PI3K/Akt signalling pathway to a certain extent. Specifically, the extracellular domain of FNDC4 acts as an extracellular factor to promote Akt phosphorylation levels in this pathway. These findings reveal that FNDC4 promotes the invasion and metastasis of HCC partly via the PI3K/Akt signalling pathway.
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- Baolin Wang
- Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary, General Hospital of Tibet Military Command Area, Tibet, China
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- Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
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