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Li W, Xu K, Liu Y, Lei X, Ru X, Guo P, Feng H, Chen Y, Xing M. Hydrophobic Polystyrene-Modified Gelatin Enhances Fast Hemostasis and Tissue Regeneration in Traumatic Brain Injury. Adv Healthc Mater 2023; 12:e2300708. [PMID: 37442090 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202300708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
Abstract
Hemostatic sealant is required to deal with blood loss, especially in the scenario of traumatic brain injury (TBI), which presents high rates of morbidity and disability. Hemostasis in surgery with traditional gelatin-based sealants often leads to blood loss and other issues in brain because of the hydrophilic gelatin swelling. Herein, hydrophobic effects on the hemostasis in TBI surgery are studied by tuning the chain length of polystyrene (PS) onto methylacrylated gelatin (Gel-MA). The hydrophobicity and hemostatic efficiency can be tuned by controlling the length of PS groups. The platelet activation of modified sealants Gel-MA-2P, Gel-MA-P, and Gel-MA-0.5P is as much as 17.5, 9.1, and 2.1 times higher than Gel-MA in vitro. The hemostatic time of Gel-MA-2P, Gel-MA-P, and Gel-MA-0.5P groups is 2.0-, 1.6-, and 1.1-folds faster than that in Gel-MA group in TBI mice. Increased formation of fibrins and platelet aggregation can also be observed in vitro by scanning electron microscopy. Animal's mortality is lowered by 46%, neurologic deficiency is reduced by 1.5 times, and brain edema is attenuated by 10%. Protein expression is further investigated to exhibit toxic iron-related processes caused by delayed hemostasis and activation of platelets via PI3K/PKC-α signaling. The hydrophobic Gel-MA has the potential in hemostatic TBI and promotes nervous system recovery in brain with the potentials in clinics.
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- Wenyan Li
- Department of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba, 75 Chancellors Circle, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 5V6, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba, 75 Chancellors Circle, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 5V6, Canada
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba, 75 Chancellors Circle, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 5V6, Canada
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Grichine A, Jacob S, Eckly A, Villaret J, Joubert C, Appaix F, Pezet M, Ribba AS, Denarier E, Mazzega J, Rinckel JY, Lafanechère L, Elena-Herrmann B, Rowley JW, Sadoul K. The fate of mitochondria during platelet activation. Blood Adv 2023; 7:6290-6302. [PMID: 37624769 PMCID: PMC10589785 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023010423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Revised: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Blood platelets undergo several successive motor-driven reorganizations of the cytoskeleton when they are recruited to an injured part of a vessel. These reorganizations take place during the platelet activation phase, the spreading process on the injured vessel or between fibrin fibers of the forming clot, and during clot retraction. All these steps require a lot of energy, especially the retraction of the clot when platelets develop strong forces similar to those of muscle cells. Platelets can produce energy through glycolysis and mitochondrial respiration. However, although resting platelets have only 5 to 8 individual mitochondria, they produce adenosine triphosphate predominantly via oxidative phosphorylation. Activated, spread platelets show an increase in size compared with resting platelets, and the question arises as to where the few mitochondria are located in these larger platelets. Using expansion microscopy, we show that the number of mitochondria per platelet is increased in spread platelets. Live imaging and focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopy suggest that a mitochondrial fission event takes place during platelet activation. Fission is Drp1 dependent because Drp1-deficient platelets have fused mitochondria. In nucleated cells, mitochondrial fission is associated with a shift to a glycolytic phenotype, and using clot retraction assays, we show that platelets have a more glycolytic energy production during clot retraction and that Drp1-deficient platelets show a defect in clot retraction.
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- Alexei Grichine
- INSERM U1209, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixed de Recherche 5309, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Molecular Medicine Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- INSERM, EFS Grand Est, Biologie et Pharmacologie des Plaquettes Sanguines Unité Mixed de Recherche-S 1255, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- INSERM U1209, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixed de Recherche 5309, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- INSERM U1209, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixed de Recherche 5309, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- INSERM U1209, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixed de Recherche 5309, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- INSERM U1209, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixed de Recherche 5309, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- INSERM U1209, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixed de Recherche 5309, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- INSERM U1216, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- INSERM U1209, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixed de Recherche 5309, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- INSERM, EFS Grand Est, Biologie et Pharmacologie des Plaquettes Sanguines Unité Mixed de Recherche-S 1255, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- INSERM U1209, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixed de Recherche 5309, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- INSERM U1209, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixed de Recherche 5309, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Molecular Medicine Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- INSERM U1209, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixed de Recherche 5309, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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Michael C, Pancaldi F, Britton S, Kim OV, Peshkova AD, Vo K, Xu Z, Litvinov RI, Weisel JW, Alber M. Combined computational modeling and experimental study of the biomechanical mechanisms of platelet-driven contraction of fibrin clots. Commun Biol 2023; 6:869. [PMID: 37620422 PMCID: PMC10449797 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05240-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
Abstract
While blood clot formation has been relatively well studied, little is known about the mechanisms underlying the subsequent structural and mechanical clot remodeling called contraction or retraction. Impairment of the clot contraction process is associated with both life-threatening bleeding and thrombotic conditions, such as ischemic stroke, venous thromboembolism, and others. Recently, blood clot contraction was observed to be hindered in patients with COVID-19. A three-dimensional multiscale computational model is developed and used to quantify biomechanical mechanisms of the kinetics of clot contraction driven by platelet-fibrin pulling interactions. These results provide important biological insights into contraction of platelet filopodia, the mechanically active thin protrusions of the plasma membrane, described previously as performing mostly a sensory function. The biomechanical mechanisms and modeling approach described can potentially apply to studying other systems in which cells are embedded in a filamentous network and exert forces on the extracellular matrix modulated by the substrate stiffness.
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- Christian Michael
- Department of Mathematics, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
- Center for Quantitative Modeling in Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
- Center for Quantitative Modeling in Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
- Center for Quantitative Modeling in Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
- Center for Quantitative Modeling in Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
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- Department of Mathematics, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
- Center for Quantitative Modeling in Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
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Ho-Tin-Noé B, Desilles JP, Mazighi M. Thrombus composition and thrombolysis resistance in stroke. Res Pract Thromb Haemost 2023; 7:100178. [PMID: 37538503 PMCID: PMC10394565 DOI: 10.1016/j.rpth.2023.100178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023] Open
Abstract
A State of the Art lecture titled "Thrombus Composition and Thrombolysis Resistance in Stroke" was presented at the ISTH Congress in 2022. Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) remains the only pharmacologic option to re-establish cerebral perfusion at the acute phase of ischemic stroke. IVT is based on the administration of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator with the objective of dissolving fibrin, the major fibrillar protein component of thrombi. Almost 30 years on from its introduction, although the clinical benefits of IVT have been clearly demonstrated, IVT still suffers from a relatively low efficacy, with a rate of successful early recanalization below 50% overall. Analyses of thrombectomy-recovered acute ischemic stroke (AIS) thrombi have shown that apart from occlusion site, thrombus length, and collateral status, AIS thrombus structure and composition are also important modulators of IVT efficacy. In this article, after a brief presentation of IVT principle and current knowledge on IVT resistance, we review recent findings on how compaction and structural alterations of fibrin together with nonfibrin thrombus components such as neutrophil extracellular traps and von Willebrand factor interfere with IVT in AIS. We further discuss how these new insights could soon result in the development of original adjuvant therapies for improved IVT in AIS. Finally, we summarize relevant new data presented during the 2022 ISTH Congress.
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- Benoit Ho-Tin-Noé
- Université Paris Cité, Inserm, Optimisation Thérapeutique en Neuropsychopharmacologie, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Inserm, Optimisation Thérapeutique en Neuropsychopharmacologie, Paris, France
- Interventional Neuroradiology Department and Biological Resources Center, Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Inserm, Optimisation Thérapeutique en Neuropsychopharmacologie, Paris, France
- Interventional Neuroradiology Department and Biological Resources Center, Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris, France
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Litvinov RI, Weisel JW. Blood clot contraction: Mechanisms, pathophysiology, and disease. Res Pract Thromb Haemost 2023; 7:100023. [PMID: 36760777 PMCID: PMC9903854 DOI: 10.1016/j.rpth.2022.100023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
A State of the Art lecture titled "Blood Clot Contraction: Mechanisms, Pathophysiology, and Disease" was presented at the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) Congress in 2022. This was a systematic description of blood clot contraction or retraction, driven by activated platelets and causing compaction of the fibrin network along with compression of the embedded erythrocytes. The consequences of clot contraction include redistribution of the fibrin-platelet meshwork toward the periphery of the clot and condensation of erythrocytes in the core, followed by their deformation from the biconcave shape into polyhedral cells (polyhedrocytes). These structural signatures of contraction have been found in ex vivo thrombi derived from various locations, which indicated that clots undergo intravital contraction within the blood vessels. In hemostatic clots, tightly packed polyhedrocytes make a nearly impermeable seal that stems bleeding and is impaired in hemorrhagic disorders. In thrombosis, contraction facilitates the local blood flow by decreasing thrombus obstructiveness, reducing permeability, and changing susceptibility to fibrinolytic enzymes. However, in (pro)thrombotic conditions, continuous background platelet activation is followed by platelet exhaustion, refractoriness, and impaired intravital clot contraction, which is associated with weaker thrombi predisposed to embolization. Therefore, assays that detect imperfect in vitro clot contraction have potential diagnostic and prognostic values for imminent or ongoing thrombosis and thrombotic embolism. Collectively, the contraction of blood clots and thrombi is an underappreciated and understudied process that has a pathogenic and clinical significance in bleeding and thrombosis of various etiologies. Finally, we have summarized relevant new data on this topic presented during the 2022 ISTH Congress.
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- Rustem I Litvinov
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Pancaldi F, Kim OV, Weisel JW, Alber M, Xu Z. Computational Biomechanical Modeling of Fibrin Networks and Platelet-Fiber Network Interactions. CURRENT OPINION IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2022; 22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cobme.2022.100369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Maly M, Riedel T, Stikarova J, Suttnar J, Kotlin R, Hajsl M, Tousek P, Kaufmanova J, Kucerka O, Weisel JW, Dyr JE. Incorporation of Fibrin, Platelets, and Red Blood Cells into a Coronary Thrombus in Time and Space. Thromb Haemost 2021; 122:434-444. [PMID: 34781375 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1739193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
We describe the internal structure, spatial organization and dynamic formation of coronary artery thrombi from ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed significant differences among four groups of patients (<2 hours; 2-6 hours; 6-12 hours, and >12 hours) related to the time of ischemia. Coronary artery thrombi from patients presenting less than 2 hours after the infarction were almost entirely composed of platelets, with small amounts of fibrin and red blood cells. In contrast, thrombi from late presenters (>12 hours) consisted of mainly platelets at the distal end, where clotting was initiated, with almost no platelets at the proximal end, while the red blood cell content went from low at the initiating end to more than 90% at the proximal end. Furthermore, fibrin was present mainly on the outside of the thrombi and older thrombi contained thicker fibers. The red blood cells in late thrombi were compressed to a close-packed, tessellated array of polyhedral structures, called polyhedrocytes. Moreover, there was redistribution from the originally homogeneous composition to fibrin and platelets to the outside, with polyhedrocytes on the interior. The presence of polyhedrocytes and the redistribution of components are signs of in vivo clot contraction (or retraction). These results suggest why later thrombi are resistant to fibrinolytic agents and other treatment modalities, since the close-packed polyhedrocytes form a nearly impermeable seal. Furthermore, it is of particular clinical significance that these findings suggest specific disparate therapies that will be most effective at different stages of thrombus development.
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- Martin Maly
- First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Military University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic.,Chemistry and Physics of Surfaces and Biointerfaces, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Military University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Cardiocenter, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady and Third Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic.,Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Military University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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