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McCall JL, Geldenhuys WJ, Robinson LJ, Witt MR, Gannett PM, Söderberg BCG, Blair HC, Soboloff J, Barnett JB. Preclinical evaluation of ELP-004 in mice. Pharmacol Res Perspect 2024; 12:e1230. [PMID: 38940379 PMCID: PMC11212004 DOI: 10.1002/prp2.1230] [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: 04/01/2024] [Accepted: 04/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024] Open
Abstract
This study provides a detailed understanding of the preclinical pharmacokinetics and metabolism of ELP-004, an osteoclast inhibitor in development for the treatment of bone erosion. Current treatments for arthritis, including biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, are not well-tolerated in a substantial subset of arthritis patients and are expensive; therefore, new treatments are needed. Pharmacokinetic parameters of ELP-004 were tested with intravenous, oral, and subcutaneous administration and found to be rapidly absorbed and distributed. We found that ELP-004 was non-mutagenic, did not induce chromosome aberrations, non-cardiotoxic, and had minimal off-target effects. Using in vitro hepatic systems, we found that ELP-004 is primarily metabolized by CYP1A2 and CYP2B6 and predicted metabolic pathways were identified. Finally, we show that ELP-004 inhibits osteoclast differentiation without suppressing overall T-cell function. These preclinical data will inform future development of an oral compound as well as in vivo efficacy studies in mice.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jamie L. McCall
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell BiologyWest Virginia University School of MedicineMorgantownWest VirginiaUSA
- ExesaLibero Pharma, Inc.MorgantownWest VirginiaUSA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical SciencesWest Virginia University School of PharmacyMorgantownWest VirginiaUSA
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- Department of PathologyWest Virginia School of MedicineMorgantownWest VirginiaUSA
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Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and ImmunologyUniversity of Nebraska Medical CenterOmahaNebraskaUSA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell BiologyWest Virginia University School of MedicineMorgantownWest VirginiaUSA
- Department of PathologyWest Virginia School of MedicineMorgantownWest VirginiaUSA
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- College of PharmacyNova Southeastern UniversityFt. LauderdaleFloridaUSA
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of ChemistryWest Virginia UniversityMorgantownWest VirginiaUSA
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- Departments of Pathology and Cell BiologyThe Pittsburgh VA Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Fels Cancer Institute for Personalized Medicine and Department of Cancer and Cellular BiologyLewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell BiologyWest Virginia University School of MedicineMorgantownWest VirginiaUSA
- ExesaLibero Pharma, Inc.MorgantownWest VirginiaUSA
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Robinson LJ, Soboloff J, Tourkova IL, Larrouture QC, Onwuka KM, Papachristou DJ, Gross S, Hooper R, Samakai E, Worley PF, Liu P, Tuckermann J, Witt MR, Blair HC. The calcium channel Orai1 is required for osteoblast development: Studies in a chimeric mouse with variable in vivo Runx-cre deletion of Orai-1. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0264596. [PMID: 37167218 PMCID: PMC10174572 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023] Open
Abstract
The calcium-selective ion channel Orai1 has a complex role in bone homeostasis, with defects in both bone production and resorption detected in Orai1 germline knock-out mice. To determine whether Orai1 has a direct, cell-intrinsic role in osteoblast differentiation and function, we bred Orai1 flox/flox (Orai1fl/fl) mice with Runx2-cre mice to eliminate its expression in osteoprogenitor cells. Interestingly, Orai1 was expressed in a mosaic pattern in Orai1fl/fl-Runx2-cre bone. Specifically, antibody labeling for Orai1 in vertebral sections was uniform in wild type animals, but patchy regions in Orai1fl/fl-Runx2-cre bone revealed Orai1 loss while in other areas expression persisted. Nevertheless, by micro-CT, bones from Orai1fl/fl-Runx2-cre mice showed reduced bone mass overall, with impaired bone formation identified by dynamic histomorphometry. Cortical surfaces of Orai1fl/fl-Runx2-cre vertebrae however exhibited patchy defects. In cell culture, Orai1-negative osteoblasts showed profound reductions in store-operated Ca2+ entry, exhibited greatly decreased alkaline phosphatase activity, and had markedly impaired substrate mineralization. We conclude that defective bone formation observed in the absence of Orai1 reflects an intrinsic role for Orai1 in differentiating osteoblasts.
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- Lisa J. Robinson
- Departments of Pathology, Anatomy and Laboratory Medicine, and of Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, United States of America
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- Fels Cancer Institute for Personalized Medicine, Department of Cancer and Cellular Biology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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- Departments of Pathology and of Cell Biology, The Pittsburgh VA Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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- Departments of Pathology and of Cell Biology, The Pittsburgh VA Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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- Departments of Pathology and of Cell Biology, The Pittsburgh VA Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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- Departments of Pathology and of Cell Biology, The Pittsburgh VA Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
- Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Studies, Department of Anatomy-Histology-Embryology, University Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece
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- Fels Cancer Institute for Personalized Medicine, Department of Cancer and Cellular Biology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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- Fels Cancer Institute for Personalized Medicine, Department of Cancer and Cellular Biology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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- Fels Cancer Institute for Personalized Medicine, Department of Cancer and Cellular Biology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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- Institute of Comparative Molecular Endocrinology, Helmholtzstraße, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Comparative Molecular Endocrinology, Helmholtzstraße, Ulm, Germany
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- Departments of Pathology, Anatomy and Laboratory Medicine, and of Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, United States of America
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- Departments of Pathology and of Cell Biology, The Pittsburgh VA Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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Robinson LJ, Blair HC, Barnett JB, Soboloff J. The roles of Orai and Stim in bone health and disease. Cell Calcium 2019; 81:51-58. [PMID: 31201955 PMCID: PMC7181067 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2019.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
Orai and Stim proteins are the mediators of calcium release-activated calcium signaling and are important in the regulation of bone homeostasis and disease. This includes separate regulatory systems controlling mesenchymal stem cell differentiation to form osteoblasts, which make bone, and differentiation and regulation of osteoclasts, which resorb bone. These systems will be described separately, and their integration and relation to other systems, including Orai and Stim in teeth, will be briefly discussed at the end of this review.
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- Lisa J Robinson
- Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Laboratory Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown WV 26505, United States; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown WV 26505, United States.
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- Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Pittsburgh PA 15206, United States; Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown WV 26505, United States
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- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology and the Department of Medical Genetics and Molecular Biochemistry, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, United States.
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Janczi T, Böhm BB, Fehrl Y, DeGiacomo P, Kinne RW, Burkhardt H. ADAM15 in Apoptosis Resistance of Synovial Fibroblasts: Converting Fas/CD95 Death Signals Into the Activation of Prosurvival Pathways by Calmodulin Recruitment. Arthritis Rheumatol 2018; 71:63-72. [PMID: 30003689 DOI: 10.1002/art.40667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate mechanisms underlying the capability of ADAM15 to transform FasL-mediated death-inducing signals into prosurvival activation of Src and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts (RASFs). METHODS Caspase 3/7 activity and apoptosis rate were determined in RASFs and ADAM15-transfected T/C28a4 cells upon Fas/CD95 triggering using enzyme assays and annexin V staining. Phosphorylated Src and FAK were analyzed by immunoblotting. Interactions of ADAM15 and CD95 with calmodulin (CaM), Src, or FAK were analyzed by pull-downs using CaM-Sepharose and coimmunoprecipitations with specific antibodies. Protein binding assays were performed using recombinant CaM and ADAM15. Immunofluorescence was performed to investigate subcellular colocalization of ADAM15, Fas/CD95, and CaM. RESULTS The antiapoptotic effect of ADAM15 in FasL-stimulated cells was demonstrated either by increased apoptosis of cells transfected with an ADAM15 construct lacking the cytoplasmic domain compared to cells transfected with full-length ADAM15 or by reduced apoptosis resistance of RASFs upon RNA interference silencing of ADAM15. Fas ligation triggered a Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ /calcium release-activated calcium channel protein 1 (CRAC/Orai1) channel-dependent CaM recruitment to Fas/CD95 and ADAM15 in the cell membrane. Simultaneously, Src associated with CaM was shown to become engaged in the ADAM15 complex also containing cytoplasmic-bound FAK. Accordingly, Fas ligation in RASFs led to ADAM15-dependent phosphorylation of Src and FAK, which was associated with increased survival. Pharmacologic interference with either the CaM inhibitor trifluoperazine or the CRAC/Orai inhibitor BTP-2 simultaneously applied with FasL synergistically enhanced Fas-mediated apoptosis in RASFs. CONCLUSION ADAM15 provides a scaffold for formation of CaM-dependent prosurvival signaling complexes upon CRAC/Orai coactivation by FasL-induced death signals and a potential therapeutic target to break apoptosis resistance in RASFs.
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- Tomasz Janczi
- University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, and Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Schafer R, Ognibene TJ, Malfatti MA, Turteltaub KW, Barnett JB. Comparative Pharmacokinetics of High and Low Doses of the Herbicide Propanil in Mice. Chem Res Toxicol 2018; 31:1080-1085. [PMID: 30230318 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.8b00151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We have documented that the herbicide propanil is immunotoxic in mice, and our in vitro tissue culture experiments largely recapitulate the in vivo studies. Laboratory studies on environmental contaminants are the most meaningful when these studies are conducted using concentrations that approximate levels in the environment. Many techniques to measure the distribution and pharmacokinetics (PK) on compounds rely on techniques, such as liquid scintillation counting (LSC) of radio-labeled starting compound, that require concentrations higher than environmental levels. The aim of this study was to compare tissue PK after exposure to propanil concentrations more relevant to levels of exposure to agricultural workers and the general population to concentrations previously reported for laboratory studies. To this end, we conducted a study to measure propanil distribution in three immune organs, using ultrasensitive accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). We used two doses: the lower dose modeled levels expected in the environment or long-term occupational exposure to low doses, while the higher dose was to model the effects of an accidental exposure. Our results showed that the distribution and PK profiles from these two different concentrations was markedly different. The profile of the high dose (concentration) exposure was indicative of saturation of the detoxifying capability of the animal. In contrast, at the lower environmentally relevant concentration, in vivo concentrations of propanil in spleen, liver, and blood dropped to a very low level by 720 min. In conclusion, these studies highlight the differences in PK of propanil at these two doses, which suggests that the toxicity of this chemical should be re-investigated to obtain better data on toxic effects at doses relevant for humans.
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- Rosana Schafer
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology , West Virginia University , Morgantown , West Virginia 26506-9177 , United States
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry , Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , Livermore , California 94551-0808 , United States
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry , Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , Livermore , California 94551-0808 , United States
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry , Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , Livermore , California 94551-0808 , United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology , West Virginia University , Morgantown , West Virginia 26506-9177 , United States
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Trebak M, Putney JW. ORAI Calcium Channels. Physiology (Bethesda) 2018; 32:332-342. [PMID: 28615316 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00011.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Revised: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
In this review article, we discuss the different gene products and translational variants of ORAI proteins and their contribution to the makeup of different native calcium-conducting channels with distinct compositions and modes of activation. We also review the different modes of regulation of these distinct calcium channels and their impact on downstream cellular signaling controlling important physiological functions.
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- Mohamed Trebak
- The Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania; and
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- The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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STIM1 and TRPV4 regulate fluid flow-induced calcium oscillation at early and late stages of osteoclast differentiation. Cell Calcium 2018; 71:45-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2017.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Revised: 11/23/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Grössinger EM, Kang M, Bouchareychas L, Sarin R, Haudenschild DR, Borodinsky LN, Adamopoulos IE. Ca 2+-Dependent Regulation of NFATc1 via KCa3.1 in Inflammatory Osteoclastogenesis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2017; 200:749-757. [PMID: 29246953 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1701170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
In inflammatory arthritis, the dysregulation of osteoclast activity by proinflammatory cytokines, including TNF, interferes with bone remodeling during inflammation through Ca2+-dependent mechanisms causing pathological bone loss. Ca2+-dependent CREB/c-fos activation via Ca2+-calmodulin kinase IV (CaMKIV) induces transcriptional regulation of osteoclast-specific genes via NFATc1, which facilitate bone resorption. In leukocytes, Ca2+ regulation of NFAT-dependent gene expression oftentimes involves the activity of the Ca2+-activated K+ channel KCa3.1. In this study, we evaluate KCa3.1 as a modulator of Ca2+-induced NFAT-dependent osteoclast differentiation in inflammatory bone loss. Microarray analysis of receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL)-activated murine bone marrow macrophage (BMM) cultures revealed unique upregulation of KCa3.1 during osteoclastogenesis. The expression of KCa3.1 in vivo was confirmed by immunofluorescence staining on multinucleated cells at the bone surface of inflamed mouse joints. Experiments on in vitro BMM cultures revealed that KCa3.1-/- and TRAM-34 treatment significantly reduced the expression of osteoclast-specific genes (p < 0.05) alongside decreased osteoclast formation (p < 0.0001) in inflammatory (RANKL+TNF) and noninflammatory (RANKL) conditions. In particular, live cell Ca2+ imaging and Western blot analysis showed that TRAM-34 pretreatment decreased transient RANKL-induced Ca2+ amplitudes in BMMs by ∼50% (p < 0.0001) and prevented phosphorylation of CaMKIV. KCa3.1-/- reduced RANKL+/-TNF-stimulated phosphorylation of CREB and expression of c-fos in BMMs (p < 0.01), culminating in decreased NFATc1 protein expression and transcriptional activity (p < 0.01). These data indicate that KCa3.1 regulates Ca2+-dependent NFATc1 expression via CaMKIV/CREB during inflammatory osteoclastogenesis in the presence of TNF, corroborating its role as a target candidate for the treatment of bone erosion in inflammatory arthritis.
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- Eva M Grössinger
- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616
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- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616; and.,Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospital for Children - Northern California, Sacramento, CA 95817
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616; .,Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospital for Children - Northern California, Sacramento, CA 95817
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