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Caterino M, Ruoppolo M, Villani GRD, Marchese E, Costanzo M, Sotgiu G, Dore S, Franconi F, Campesi I. Influence of Sex on Urinary Organic Acids: A Cross-Sectional Study in Children. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21020582. [PMID: 31963255 PMCID: PMC7013514 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21020582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The characterization of urinary metabolome, which provides a fingerprint for each individual, is an important step to reach personalized medicine. It is influenced by exogenous and endogenous factors; among them, we investigated sex influences on 72 organic acids measured through GC-MS analysis in the urine of 291 children (152 males; 139 females) aging 1–36 months and stratified in four groups of age. Among the 72 urinary metabolites, in all age groups, 4-hydroxy-butirate and homogentisate are found only in males, whereas 3-hydroxy-dodecanoate, methylcitrate, and phenylacetate are found only in females. Sex differences are still present after age stratification being more numerous during the first 6 months of life. The most relevant sex differences involve the mitochondria homeostasis. In females, citrate cycle, glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism, alanine, aspartate, glutamate, and butanoate metabolism had the highest impact. In males, urinary organic acids were involved in phenylalanine metabolism, citrate cycle, alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism, butanoate metabolism, and glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism. In addition, age specifically affected metabolic pathways, the phenylalanine metabolism pathway being affected by age only in males. Relevantly, the age-influenced ranking of metabolic pathways varied in the two sexes. In conclusion, sex deeply influences both quantitatively and qualitatively urinary organic acids levels, the effect of sex being age dependent. Importantly, the sex effects depend on the single organic acid; thus, in some cases the urinary organic acid reference values should be stratified according the sex and age.
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- Marianna Caterino
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, 80131 Napoli, Italy; (M.C.); (G.R.D.V.); (M.C.)
- CEINGE—Biotecnologie Avanzate Scarl, 80145 Naples, Italy;
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, 80131 Napoli, Italy; (M.C.); (G.R.D.V.); (M.C.)
- CEINGE—Biotecnologie Avanzate Scarl, 80145 Naples, Italy;
- Correspondence: (M.R.); (I.C.); Tel.: +39-08-1373-7850 (M.R.); +39-0-7922-8518 (I.C.)
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, 80131 Napoli, Italy; (M.C.); (G.R.D.V.); (M.C.)
- CEINGE—Biotecnologie Avanzate Scarl, 80145 Naples, Italy;
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- CEINGE—Biotecnologie Avanzate Scarl, 80145 Naples, Italy;
- Department of Mental and Physical Health, Preventive Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, 80131 Napoli, Italy; (M.C.); (G.R.D.V.); (M.C.)
- CEINGE—Biotecnologie Avanzate Scarl, 80145 Naples, Italy;
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy; (G.S.); (S.D.)
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy; (G.S.); (S.D.)
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- Laboratory of Sex-Gender Medicine, National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems, 07100 Sassari, Italy;
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- Laboratory of Sex-Gender Medicine, National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems, 07100 Sassari, Italy;
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
- Correspondence: (M.R.); (I.C.); Tel.: +39-08-1373-7850 (M.R.); +39-0-7922-8518 (I.C.)
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Metabolomics reveals highly regional specificity of cerebral sexual dimorphism in mice. Prog Neurobiol 2020; 184:101698. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2019.101698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Revised: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Yee SW, Stecula A, Chien HC, Zou L, Feofanova EV, van Borselen M, Cheung KWK, Yousri NA, Suhre K, Kinchen JM, Boerwinkle E, Irannejad R, Yu B, Giacomini KM. Unraveling the functional role of the orphan solute carrier, SLC22A24 in the transport of steroid conjugates through metabolomic and genome-wide association studies. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008208. [PMID: 31553721 PMCID: PMC6760779 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Variation in steroid hormone levels has wide implications for health and disease. The genes encoding the proteins involved in steroid disposition represent key determinants of interindividual variation in steroid levels and ultimately, their effects. Beginning with metabolomic data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS), we observed that genetic variants in the orphan transporter, SLC22A24 were significantly associated with levels of androsterone glucuronide and etiocholanolone glucuronide (sentinel SNPs p-value <1x10-30). In cells over-expressing human or various mammalian orthologs of SLC22A24, we showed that steroid conjugates and bile acids were substrates of the transporter. Phylogenetic, genomic, and transcriptomic analyses suggested that SLC22A24 has a specialized role in the kidney and appears to function in the reabsorption of organic anions, and in particular, anionic steroids. Phenome-wide analysis showed that functional variants of SLC22A24 are associated with human disease such as cardiovascular diseases and acne, which have been linked to dysregulated steroid metabolism. Collectively, these functional genomic studies reveal a previously uncharacterized protein involved in steroid homeostasis, opening up new possibilities for SLC22A24 as a pharmacological target for regulating steroid levels.
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- Sook Wah Yee
- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Doha, Qatar
- Computer and Systems Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- The Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Paul HA, Collins KH, Nicolucci AC, Urbanski SJ, Hart DA, Vogel HJ, Reimer RA. Maternal prebiotic supplementation reduces fatty liver development in offspring through altered microbial and metabolomic profiles in rats. FASEB J 2019; 33:5153-5167. [PMID: 30629464 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201801551r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A maternal high-fat/sucrose diet, in the presence of maternal obesity, can program increased susceptibility to obesity and metabolic disease in offspring. In particular, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease risk is associated with poor maternal nutrition and obesity status, which may manifest via alterations in gut microbiota. Here, we report that in a preclinical model of diet-induced maternal obesity, maternal supplementation of a high-fat/sucrose diet with the prebiotic oligofructose improves glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity, and hepatic steatosis in offspring following a long-term high-fat/sucrose dietary challenge compared with offspring of untreated dams. These improvements are associated with alterations in gut microbial composition and serum inflammatory profiles in early life and improvements in inflammatory and fatty-acid gene expression profiles in tissues. Serum metabolomics analysis highlights potential metabolic links between the gut microbiota and the degree of steatosis, including alterations in 1-carbon metabolism. Overall, our data suggest that maternal prebiotic intake protects offspring against hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance following 21 wk of high fat/sucrose diet, which is in part due to alterations in gut microbiota.-Paul, H. A., Collins, K. H., Nicolucci, A. C., Urbanski, S. J., Hart, D. A., Vogel, H. J., Reimer, R. A. Maternal prebiotic supplementation reduces fatty liver development in offspring through altered microbial and metabolomic profiles in rats.
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- Heather A Paul
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Department of Biological Sciences, Bio-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Burghardt KJ, Ward KM, Sanders EJ, Howlett BH, Seyoum B, Yi Z. Atypical Antipsychotics and the Human Skeletal Muscle Lipidome. Metabolites 2018; 8:metabo8040064. [PMID: 30322152 PMCID: PMC6316471 DOI: 10.3390/metabo8040064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Revised: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 10/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Atypical antipsychotics (AAPs) are a class of medications associated with significant metabolic side effects, including insulin resistance. The aim of this study was to analyze the skeletal muscle lipidome of patients on AAPs, compared to mood stabilizers, to further understand the molecular changes underlying AAP treatment and side effects. Bipolar patients on AAPs or mood stabilizers underwent a fasting muscle biopsy and assessment of insulin sensitivity. A lipidomic analysis of total fatty acids (TFAs), phosphatidylcholines (PCs) and ceramides (CERs) was performed on the muscle biopsies, then lipid species were compared between treatment groups, and correlation analyses were performed with insulin sensitivity. TFAs and PCs were decreased and CERs were increased in the AAP group relative to those in the mood stabilizer group (FDR q-value <0.05). A larger number of TFAs and PCs were positively correlated with insulin sensitivity in the AAP group compared to those in the mood stabilizer group. In contrast, a larger number of CERs were negatively correlated with insulin sensitivity in the AAP group compared to that in the mood stabilizer group. The findings here suggest that AAPs are associated with changes in the lipid profiles of human skeletal muscle when compared to mood stabilizers and that these changes correlate with insulin sensitivity.
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- Kyle J Burghardt
- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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- Division of Endocrinology, School of Medicine, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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Wang M, Xia W, Li H, Liu F, Li Y, Sun X, Lu S, Xu S. Normal pregnancy induced glucose metabolic stress in a longitudinal cohort of healthy women: Novel insights generated from a urine metabolomics study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2018; 97:e12417. [PMID: 30290597 PMCID: PMC6200460 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000012417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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During normal pregnancy, mothers face a unique physiological challenge in the adaptation of glucose metabolism in preparation for the metabolic stress presented by fetal development. However, the responsible mechanism remains elusive. The purpose of this study is to investigate the mechanism of the metabolic stress of glucose metabolism in pregnant women using metabolomics method.A Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer-based untargeted metabolomics study was performed to investigate the dynamic urinary signature of the intermediates of glucose metabolism in a longitudinal cohort of 232 healthy pregnant women in their first, second, and third trimesters.Twelve glucose metabolic intermediates were screened out from hundreds of candidate metabolites using partial least squares discriminant analysis models. These 12 markers were mainly involved in the metabolic pathways of insulin resistance, glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, tricarboxylic acid cycle, nonabsorbable carbohydrate metabolism, and N-glycan biosynthesis. In particular, L-acetylcarnitine, a metabolite that is beneficial for the amelioration of insulin resistance, decreased in a time-dependent manner during normal pregnancy. Moreover, thiamine pyrophosphate, an intermediate product of glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, significantly increased in the second trimester, and argininosuccinic acid and oxalosuccinic acid, intermediates involved in the tricarboxylic acid cycle, significantly decreased in the third trimester, suggesting an increased glucose demand in the maternal body during fetal development.These findings provide novel insight into the normal pregnancy-induced elevation of insulin resistance and glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, as well as the observed reduction in the aerobic oxidation of glucose.
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- Mu Wang
- School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Pannkuk EL, Fornace AJ, Laiakis EC. Metabolomic applications in radiation biodosimetry: exploring radiation effects through small molecules. Int J Radiat Biol 2017; 93:1151-1176. [PMID: 28067089 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2016.1269218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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PURPOSE Exposure of the general population to ionizing radiation has increased in the past decades, primarily due to long distance travel and medical procedures. On the other hand, accidental exposures, nuclear accidents, and elevated threats of terrorism with the potential detonation of a radiological dispersal device or improvised nuclear device in a major city, all have led to increased needs for rapid biodosimetry and assessment of exposure to different radiation qualities and scenarios. Metabolomics, the qualitative and quantitative assessment of small molecules in a given biological specimen, has emerged as a promising technology to allow for rapid determination of an individual's exposure level and metabolic phenotype. Advancements in mass spectrometry techniques have led to untargeted (discovery phase, global assessment) and targeted (quantitative phase) methods not only to identify biomarkers of radiation exposure, but also to assess general perturbations of metabolism with potential long-term consequences, such as cancer, cardiovascular, and pulmonary disease. CONCLUSIONS Metabolomics of radiation exposure has provided a highly informative snapshot of metabolic dysregulation. Biomarkers in easily accessible biofluids and biospecimens (urine, blood, saliva, sebum, fecal material) from mouse, rat, and minipig models, to non-human primates and humans have provided the basis for determination of a radiation signature to assess the need for medical intervention. Here we provide a comprehensive description of the current status of radiation metabolomic studies for the purpose of rapid high-throughput radiation biodosimetry in easily accessible biofluids and discuss future directions of radiation metabolomics research.
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- Evan L Pannkuk
- a Tumor Biology Program , Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University , Washington DC , USA
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- b Molecular Oncology , Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University , Washington DC , USA.,c Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology , Georgetown University , Washington DC , USA
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- c Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology , Georgetown University , Washington DC , USA
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