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Han JH, Jang KW, Myung CS. Garcinia cambogia attenuates adipogenesis by affecting CEBPB and SQSTM1/p62-mediated selective autophagic degradation of KLF3 through RPS6KA1 and STAT3 suppression. Autophagy 2021; 18:518-539. [PMID: 34101546 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2021.1936356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The overexpansion of adipose tissues leads to obesity and eventually results in metabolic disorders. Garcinia cambogia (G. cambogia) has been used as an antiobesity supplement. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of G. cambogia on cellular processes have yet to be fully understood. Here, we discovered that G. cambogia attenuated the expression of CEBPB (CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP), beta), an important adipogenic factor, suppressing its transcription in differentiated cells. In addition, G. cambogia inhibited macroautophagic/autophagic flux by decreasing autophagy-related gene expression and autophagosome formation. Notably, G. cambogia markedly elevated the expression of KLF3 (Kruppel-like factor 3 (basic)), a negative regulator of adipogenesis, by reducing SQSTM1/p62-mediated selective autophagic degradation. Furthermore, increased KLF3 induced by G. cambogia interacted with CTBP2 (C-terminal binding protein 2) to form a transcriptional repressor complex and inhibited Cebpa and Pparg transcription. Importantly, we found that RPS6KA1 and STAT3 were involved in the G. cambogia-mediated regulation of CEBPB and autophagic flux. In an obese animal model, G. cambogia reduced high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity by suppressing epididymal and inguinal subcutaneous white adipose tissue mass and adipocyte size, which were attributed to the regulation of targets that had been consistently identified in vitro. These findings provide new insight into the mechanism of G. cambogia-mediated regulation of adipogenesis and suggest molecular links to therapeutic targets for the treatment of obesity.
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- Joo-Hui Han
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Li CJ, Lin S, Ranilla-García MJ, Baldwin RL. Transcriptomic Profiling of Duodenal Epithelium Reveals Temporally Dynamic Impacts of Direct Duodenal Starch-Infusion During Dry Period of Dairy Cattle. Front Vet Sci 2019; 6:214. [PMID: 31312641 PMCID: PMC6614288 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Previous research has demonstrated a positive relationship between dietary Metabolisable Energy Intake (MEI) and increased maintenance energy costs associated with the visceral tissues. Limitations in understanding this relationship include a lack of access to samples to assess regulatory control of the putative response gastrointestinal tissues to nutrients. This experiment was conducted with a single nutrient (starch hydrolysate) infused (7 d) directly into the intestine to mimic typical changes in post-ruminal starch delivery in dairy production settings. Duodenal epithelial samples collected via biopsy were evaluated using next-generation sequencing technology (RNA-Seq) to validate the use of this approach for the profiling and comparison of the transcriptome of cattle intestinal epithelial tissues. Samples of intestinal epithelial tissue were collected prior to and during the infusion of starch hydrolysate. Biopsies were collected on day 0 before and day 1, day 3, and day 7 during the infusion. Additionally, samples were collected on day 1 and day 7 after infusion was discontinued (Day 8 and Day14 of the experiment). Evaluation of RNA-seq data revealed dynamic changes in global gene expression during infusion. On day 7 of the infusion, 1490 genes were found to be differentially expressed (DE) compared to the day 0 control samples with FDR p < 0.05, vs. 105 genes on day 1 and 246 genes on Day 3. However, on day 8, after infusion was terminated for 24 h, only 428 genes were identified as differentially expressed compared to day 0 and only 107 genes continued to be identified by Day 14. Thus, the apparent differential expression of these genes is putatively a result of the single nutrient infused. Further, performing function and pathway analysis of the identified DE genes using IPA, we observe changes in digestive system development, and function pathways are among the primary functions of the DE genes, as well as immune response elements. Finally, primary transcription regulators such as PTH, JUN, WNT, and TNFRSF11B were identified as the activated upstream regulators for specific future focus. Using a serial biopsy approach we are able to identify differentially expressed genes from cow duodenal epithelial tissue in response to a short-term perturbation with infused starch hydrolysate.
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- Cong-Jun Li
- Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, USDA, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, USDA, Beltsville, MD, United States.,Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Departamento de Producción Animal, Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña, CSIC-Universidad de León, Campus de Vegazana, León, Spain
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- Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, USDA, Beltsville, MD, United States
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Sillivan SE, Whittard JD, Jacobs MM, Ren Y, Mazloom AR, Caputi FF, Horvath M, Keller E, Ma’ayan A, Pan YX, Chiang LW, Hurd YL. ELK1 transcription factor linked to dysregulated striatal mu opioid receptor signaling network and OPRM1 polymorphism in human heroin abusers. Biol Psychiatry 2013; 74:511-9. [PMID: 23702428 PMCID: PMC4070524 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2013] [Revised: 04/12/2013] [Accepted: 04/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Abuse of heroin and prescription opiate medications has grown to disturbing levels. Opioids mediate their effects through mu opioid receptors (MOR), but minimal information exists regarding MOR-related striatal signaling relevant to the human condition. The striatum is a structure central to reward and habitual behavior and neurobiological changes in this region are thought to underlie the pathophysiology of addiction disorders. METHODS We examined molecular mechanisms related to MOR in postmortem human brain striatal specimens from a homogenous European Caucasian population of heroin abusers and control subjects and in an animal model of heroin self-administration. Expression of ets-like kinase 1 (ELK1) was examined in relation to polymorphism of the MOR gene OPRM1 and drug history. RESULTS A characteristic feature of heroin abusers was decreased expression of MOR and extracellular regulated kinase signaling networks, concomitant with dysregulation of the downstream transcription factor ELK1. Striatal ELK1 in heroin abusers associated with the polymorphism rs2075572 in OPRM1 in a genotype dose-dependent manner and correlated with documented history of heroin use, an effect reproduced in an animal model that emphasizes a direct relationship between repeated heroin exposure and ELK1 dysregulation. A central role of ELK1 was evidenced by an unbiased whole transcriptome microarray that revealed ~20% of downregulated genes in human heroin abusers are ELK1 targets. Using chromatin immune precipitation, we confirmed decreased ELK1 promoter occupancy of the target gene Use1. CONCLUSIONS ELK1 is a potential key transcriptional regulatory factor in striatal disturbances associated with heroin abuse and relevant to genetic mutation of OPRM1.
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- Stephanie E. Sillivan
- Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
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- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Forensic Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
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- Department of Neurology and the Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
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Bátor J, Varga J, Berta G, Barbakadze T, Mikeladze D, Ramsden J, Szeberényi J. Sodium nitroprusside, a nitric oxide donor, fails to bypass the block of neuronal differentiation in PC12 cells imposed by a dominant negative Ras protein. Cell Mol Biol Lett 2012; 17:323-32. [PMID: 22491983 PMCID: PMC6275566 DOI: 10.2478/s11658-012-0013-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2011] [Accepted: 03/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a mediator of a diverse array of inter- and intracellular signal transduction processes. The aim of the present study was to analyze its possible role as a second messenger in the process of neuronal differentiation of PC12 pheochromocytoma cells. Upon NGF treatment wildtype PC12 cells stop dividing and develop neurites. In contrast, a PC12 subclone (designated M-M17-26) expressing a dominant-negative mutant Ras protein keeps proliferating and fails to grow neurites after NGF treatment. Sodium nitroprusside (SNP), an NO donor, was found to induce the p53 protein and to inhibit proliferation of both PC12 and M-M17-26 cells, but failed to induce neuronal differentiation in these cell lines. Key signaling pathways (the ERK and Akt pathways) were also not affected by SNP treatment, and the phosphorylation of CREB transcription factor was only slightly stimulated. It is thus concluded from the results presented in this paper that NO is unable to activate signaling proteins acting downstream or independent of Ras that are required for neuronal differentiation.
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- Judit Bátor
- Department of Medical Biology, Medical School, University of Pécs, 7624 Pécs, Szigeti u. 12, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Biology, Medical School, University of Pécs, 7624 Pécs, Szigeti u. 12, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Biology, Medical School, University of Pécs, 7624 Pécs, Szigeti u. 12, Hungary
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- Collegium Basilea, Institute of Advanced Study, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Biology, Medical School, University of Pécs, 7624 Pécs, Szigeti u. 12, Hungary
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Chakrabarti K, Lin R, Schiller NI, Wang Y, Koubi D, Fan YX, Rudkin BB, Johnson GR, Schiller MR. Critical role for Kalirin in nerve growth factor signaling through TrkA. Mol Cell Biol 2005; 25:5106-18. [PMID: 15923627 PMCID: PMC1140581 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.25.12.5106-5118.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Kalirin is a multidomain guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) that activates Rho proteins, inducing cytoskeletal rearrangement in neurons. Although much is known about the effects of Kalirin on Rho GTPases and neuronal morphology, little is known about the association of Kalirin with the receptor/signaling systems that affect neuronal morphology. Our experiments demonstrate that Kalirin binds to and colocalizes with the TrkA neurotrophin receptor in neurons. In PC12 cells, inhibition of Kalirin expression using antisense RNA decreased nerve growth factor (NGF)-induced TrkA autophosphorylation and process extension. Kalirin overexpression potentiated neurotrophin-stimulated TrkA autophosphorylation and neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells at a low concentration of NGF. Furthermore, elevated Kalirin expression resulted in catalytic activation of TrkA, as demonstrated by in vitro kinase assays and increased NGF-stimulated cellular activation of Rac, Mek, and CREB. Domain mapping demonstrated that the N-terminal Kalirin pleckstrin homology domain mediates the interaction with TrkA. The effects of Kalirin on TrkA provide a molecular basis for the requirement of Kalirin in process extension from PC12 cells and for previously observed effects on axonal extension and dendritic maintenance. The interaction of TrkA with the pleckstrin homology domain of Kalirin may be one example of a general mechanism whereby receptor/Rho GEF pairings play an important role in receptor tyrosine kinase activation and signal transduction.
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- Kausik Chakrabarti
- University of Connecticut Health Center, Department of Neuroscience, 263 Farmington Ave., Farmington, CT 06030-4301, USA
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Aga M, Watters JJ, Pfeiffer ZA, Wiepz GJ, Sommer JA, Bertics PJ. Evidence for nucleotide receptor modulation of cross talk between MAP kinase and NF-kappa B signaling pathways in murine RAW 264.7 macrophages. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2003; 286:C923-30. [PMID: 14684387 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00417.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Extracellular nucleotides such as ATP are present in abundance at sites of inflammation and tissue damage, and these agents exert a potent modulatory effect on macrophage/monocyte function via the nucleotide receptor P2X(7). In this regard, after exposure to bacterial LPS, P2X(7) activation augments expression of the inducible nitric oxide (NO) synthase and production of NO in macrophages. Because P2X(7) has been reported to stimulate certain members of the MAP kinase family (ERK1/2) and can enhance the DNA-binding activity of NF-kappa B, we tested the hypothesis that LPS and nucleotides regulate NF-kappa B-dependent inflammatory events via cross talk with MAPK-associated pathways. In this regard, the present studies revealed that cotreatment of macrophages with LPS and the P2X(7)-selective ligand 2'-3'-O-(4-benzoylbenzoyl)adenosine 5'-triphosphate (BzATP) results in the cooperative activation of NF-kappa B DNA-binding activity and a sustained attenuation of levels of the NF-kappa B inhibitory protein I kappa B alpha. Interestingly, a persistent reduction in I kappa B alpha levels is also observed when the MEK1/2 inhibitor U0126 is coadministered with LPS, suggesting that components of the MEK/ERK pathway are involved in regulating I kappa B alpha protein expression and/or turnover. The observation that U0126 and BzATP exhibit overlapping actions with respect to LPS-induced changes in I kappa B alpha levels is supported by the finding that Ras activation, which is upstream of MEK/ERK activation, is reduced upon macrophage cotreatment with BzATP and LPS compared with the effects of BzATP treatment alone. These data are consistent with the concept that the Ras/MEK/ERK pathways are involved in regulating NF-kappa B/I kappa B-dependent inflammatory mediator production and suggest a previously unidentified mechanism by which nucleotides can modulate LPS-induced action via cross talk between NF-kappa B and Ras/MEK/MAPK-associated pathways.
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- Mini Aga
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Huynh H, Nguyen TTT, Chow KHP, Tan PH, Soo KC, Tran E. Over-expression of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase (MEK)-MAPK in hepatocellular carcinoma: its role in tumor progression and apoptosis. BMC Gastroenterol 2003; 3:19. [PMID: 12906713 PMCID: PMC317301 DOI: 10.1186/1471-230x-3-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2003] [Accepted: 08/08/2003] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies in South East Asia. Although activation of the MEK-MAPK is often associated with cellular growth, the role of MEK-MAPK in growth and survival of hepatocarcinoma cells has not been established. METHODS Immuno-histochemistry was used to localize phosphorylated MAPK and MEK1/2 in the tissues. 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-y1)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay and ELISA were used to determine cell viability and cell proliferation. Deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL) assay was used to detect apoptotic cells. Western blots analysis was performed to determine the levels of proteins involved in the MEK-MAPK and apoptotic pathways. Transfection study was performed to assess the role of MEK-MAPK pathway in growth and survival of liver cancer cells. RESULTS We report that phosphorylation of MEK1/2 at Ser217/221 was detected by immuno-histochemistry in 100% (46 of 46) of HCCs examined. A positive signal was localized in the nuclei of hepatocarcinoma cells but not in dysplastic hepatocytes or stromal cells. Over-expression and phosphorylation of MAPK was also detected in 91% (42 of 46) and 69% (32 of 46) of HCCs examined, respectively. The percentage of cells showing positively for phosphorylated MEK1/2 increased with advancing tumor stage. In vitro, treatment of human HepG2 and Hep3B cells with MEK1/2 specific inhibitors U0126 and PD98059 led to growth inhibition and apoptosis. U0126 induced the release of cytochrome c and increased the cleavage of caspase-3, caspase-7, and poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP). Inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI-3K), c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38 kinase activities caused only a mild apoptosis in HepG2 and Hep3B cells. Activated MEK1-transfected cells were more resistant to UO126-induced apoptosis in vitro and formed larger tumors in SCID mice than mock-transfected cells. CONCLUSION In conclusion, our results demonstrate that MEK-MAPK plays an important role in the growth and survival of liver cancer cells and suggest that blocking MEK-MAPK activity may represent an alternative approach for the treatment of liver cancer.
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- Hung Huynh
- Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Division of Cellular and Molecular Research, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169610
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- Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Division of Cellular and Molecular Research, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169610
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- National Cancer Centre of Singapore, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169610
- Department of Experimental Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169610
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- Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169610
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- National Cancer Centre of Singapore, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169610
- Department of General Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169610
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- Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Division of Cellular and Molecular Research, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169610
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