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Luong CT, Audira G, Kurnia KA, Hung CH, Hsiao CD. Fish 3D Locomotion app: a user-friendly computer application package for automatic data calculation and endpoint extraction for novel tank behavior in fish. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2024. [PMID: 39007187 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2024] [Revised: 05/11/2024] [Accepted: 06/14/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
Abstract
This paper introduces the Fish 3D Locomotion app (F3LA), a Python-based, Graphical User Interface (GUI)-equipped tool designed to automate behavioral endpoint extraction in zebrafish locomotion assays. Building on our previous work, which utilized a specialized aquatic tank with a mirror and a single camera for fish movement tracking in three dimensions, F3LA significantly enhances data processing efficiency. Its accuracy was tested by reanalyzing and comprehensively comparing the calculated data with the previously published data from prior publications. From the comparison results, 90% of endpoints showed a similar statistical difference result. These minor differences were due to the different starting points for the dataset and updated calculation formulas that are implemented in F3LA. In addition, shoaling area or shoaling volume calculations are also included in F3LA as a new feature that can serve as sensitive indicators of social cohesion, group dynamics, or stress responses, offering insights into neuropsychological conditions or the effects of pharmacological interventions. Furthermore, F3LA offers a marked improvement over manual operations, being at least five times faster, while maintaining consistent accuracy as it reduces human-induced errors, ensuring a higher degree of reliability in the results. Finally, the potency of F3LA was tested to evaluate the toxicities of 14 rare earth elements (REEs) to the adult zebrafish behaviors. Based on the results, our findings suggested that each tested REE altered fish behaviors in different patterns and magnitudes to each other. However, among the tested light rare earth elements (LREEs), neodymium was demonstrated to cause more relatively severe behavior alterations than other LREEs, indicated by the statistically higher value of entropy (0.2695 ± 0.04977 (mean with a standard deviation)) than the control group (0.2352 ± 0.05896). Meanwhile, in terms of heavy rare earth elements (HREEs), erbium seemed to lead to more distinct behavior toxicities than other HREEs, which was shown by the statistically lower level of fractal dimension (2.022 ± 0.3412) than the untreated group (2.255 ± 0.1661). Taken together, F3LA's development marks a significant advance in high-throughput toxicological and pharmacological assessments in zebrafish, leveraging three-dimensional locomotion data for a more comprehensive analysis of fish behavior performance, providing a significant contribution to research in various fields.
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- Cao Thang Luong
- Institute of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan
- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan
- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan
- Research Center for Aquatic Toxicology and Pharmacology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan
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Sales Junior SF, Gabriel FÂ, Soares LOS, Rocha RCC, Saint'Pierre TD, Saggioro EM, Correia FV, Ferreira TO, Hauser-Davis RA, Bernardino AF. Rare Earth Element Accumulation in Fiddler Crabs (Minuca rapax) from the Rio Doce Tropical Estuary Strongly Affected by Mine Tailings Following the Fundão Disaster. Biol Trace Elem Res 2024:10.1007/s12011-024-04231-3. [PMID: 38773036 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-024-04231-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/23/2024]
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A mining tailing dam rupture in Brazil in November 2015 released millions of tons of mining waste into the Rio Doce ecosystem, leading to long-term aquatic ecosystem impacts. Although multiple lines of evidence indicate tailings associations with potentially toxic elements in estuarine sediments and biological impact and bioaccumulation pathways in fishes, the extent of contamination in base benthic species is still largely unknown. Moreover, Rare Earth Elements (REE) have not received any attention in this regard. This study assessed REE in fiddler crabs (Minuca rapax) sampled from the Rio Doce estuary in 2017, nearly 2 years after the disaster. The ΣREE in crab hepatopancreas and muscle were high (327.83 mg kg-1 w.w. and 33.84 mg kg-1 w.w., respectively, compared to other assessments in crabs, indicating a preference for REE bioaccumulation in the hepatopancreas compared to muscle. Neodimium, La, and Ce were detected at the highest concentrations. The REE from the Rio Doce Basin were, thus, transported and deposited in the estuary with the mine tailings slurry, leading to bioaccumulation in crabs. This may lead to trophic effects and other ecological impacts not readily measured by typical impact assessment studies, revealing an invisible and not typically acknowledged damage to the Rio Doce estuary.
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- Sidney Fernandes Sales Junior
- Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Avaliação e Promoção da Saúde Ambiental, Av. Brasil, 4.365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro/RJ. CEP, 21040-360, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Departamento de Oceanografia e Ecologia, Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, Goiabeiras, Vitória/ES. CEP, 29075-910, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia e Ciências, Laboratório de Ciências e Biologia, Colégio Pedro II, Rua Bernardo de Vasconcelos, 941, Realengo, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 21710-26, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública e Meio Ambiente, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Av. Leopoldo Bulhões 1480, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21041-210, Brazil
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- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Departamento de Química, Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea. Rio de Janeiro/RJ. CEP, 22451-900, Brazil
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- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Departamento de Química, Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea. Rio de Janeiro/RJ. CEP, 22451-900, Brazil
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- Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Avaliação e Promoção da Saúde Ambiental, Av. Brasil, 4.365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro/RJ. CEP, 21040-360, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Av. Pasteur, 458, Urca, Rio de Janeiro/RJ. CEP, 22290-20, Brazil
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- Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz Queiroz, Departamento de Ciência do Solo, Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Alameda das Palmeiras - Agronomia, Piracicaba/SP. CEP, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Avaliação e Promoção da Saúde Ambiental, Av. Brasil, 4.365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro/RJ. CEP, 21040-360, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Departamento de Oceanografia e Ecologia, Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, Goiabeiras, Vitória/ES. CEP, 29075-910, Brazil.
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Lachaux N, Otero-Fariña A, Minguez L, Sohm B, Rétif J, Châtel A, Poirier L, Devin S, Pain-Devin S, Gross EM, Giamberini L. Fate, subcellular distribution and biological effects of rare earth elements in a freshwater bivalve under complex exposure. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 905:167302. [PMID: 37742965 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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Rare earth elements (REE) are emerging contaminants due to their increased use in diverse applications including cutting-edge and green-technologies. Their environmental concerns and contradicting results concerning their biological effects require an extensive understanding of REE ecotoxicology. Thus, we have studied the fate, bioaccumulation and biological effects of three representative REE, neodymium (Nd), gadolinium (Gd) and ytterbium (Yb), individually and in mixture, using the freshwater bivalve Corbicula fluminea. The organisms were exposed for 96 h at 1 mg L-1 REE in the absence and presence of dissolved organic matter (DOM) reproducing an environmental contamination. Combined analysis of the fate, distribution and effects of REE at tissue and subcellular levels allowed a comprehensive understanding of their behaviour, which would help improving their environmental risk assessment. The bivalves accumulated significant concentrations of Nd, Gd and Yb, which were decreased in the presence of DOM likely due to the formation of REE-DOM complexes that reduced REE bioavailability. The accumulation of Nd, Gd and Yb differed between tissues, with gills > digestive gland ≥ rest of soft tissues > hemolymph. In the gills and in the digestive gland, Nd, Gd and Yb were mostly (>90 %) distributed among metal sensitive organelles, cellular debris and detoxified metal-rich granules. Gadolinium, Yb and especially Nd decreased lysosome size in the digestive gland and disturbed osmo- and iono-regulation of C. fluminea by decreasing Na concentrations in the hemolymph and Ca2+ ATPase activity in the gills. Individual and mixed Nd, Gd and Yb exhibited numerous similarities and some differences in terms of fate, accumulation and biological effects, possibly because they have common abiotic and biotic ligands but different affinities for the latter. In most cases, individual and mixed effects of Nd, Gd, Yb were similar suggesting that additivity approach is suitable for the environmental risk assessment of REE mixtures.
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- Nicolas Lachaux
- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France; LTSER-Zone Atelier Moselle, F-57000 Metz, France.
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France; Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Laboratoire Mer, Biologie des Organismes, Stress, Santé, Environnement (BIOSSE), F-49000 Angers Cedex 01, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France
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- Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Laboratoire Mer, Biologie des Organismes, Stress, Santé, Environnement (BIOSSE), F-49000 Angers Cedex 01, France; Nantes University, Institut des Substances et Organismes de La Mer, ISOMer, UR 2160, F-44000 Nantes, France
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- Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Laboratoire Mer, Biologie des Organismes, Stress, Santé, Environnement (BIOSSE), F-49000 Angers Cedex 01, France
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- Nantes University, Institut des Substances et Organismes de La Mer, ISOMer, UR 2160, F-44000 Nantes, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France; LTSER-Zone Atelier Moselle, F-57000 Metz, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France; LTSER-Zone Atelier Moselle, F-57000 Metz, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France; LTSER-Zone Atelier Moselle, F-57000 Metz, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France; LTSER-Zone Atelier Moselle, F-57000 Metz, France
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Kurnia KA, Lin YT, Farhan A, Malhotra N, Luong CT, Hung CH, Roldan MJM, Tsao CC, Cheng TS, Hsiao CD. Deep Learning-Based Automatic Duckweed Counting Using StarDist and Its Application on Measuring Growth Inhibition Potential of Rare Earth Elements as Contaminants of Emerging Concerns. TOXICS 2023; 11:680. [PMID: 37624185 PMCID: PMC10457735 DOI: 10.3390/toxics11080680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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In recent years, there have been efforts to utilize surface water as a power source, material, and food. However, these efforts are impeded due to the vast amounts of contaminants and emerging contaminants introduced by anthropogenic activities. Herbicides such as Glyphosate and Glufosinate are commonly known to contaminate surface water through agricultural industries. In contrast, some emerging contaminants, such as rare earth elements, have started to enter the surface water from the production and waste of electronic products. Duckweeds are angiosperms from the Lemnaceae family and have been used for toxicity tests in aquatic environments, mainly those from the genus Lemna, and have been approved by OECD. In this study, we used duckweed from the genus Wolffia, which is smaller and considered a good indicator of metal pollutants in the aquatic environment. The growth rate of duckweed is the most common endpoint in observing pollutant toxicity. In order to observe and mark the fronds automatically, we used StarDist, a machine learning-based tool. StarDist is available as a plugin in ImageJ, simplifying and assisting the counting process. Python also helps arrange, manage, and calculate the inhibition percentage after duckweeds are exposed to contaminants. The toxicity test results showed Dysprosium to be the most toxic, with an IC50 value of 14.6 ppm, and Samarium as the least toxic, with an IC50 value of 279.4 ppm. In summary, we can provide a workflow for automatic frond counting using StarDist integrated with ImageJ and Python to simplify the detection, counting, data management, and calculation process.
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- Kevin Adi Kurnia
- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan; (K.A.K.); (A.F.)
- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan;
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City 80708, Taiwan;
- Drug Development & Value Creation Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City 80708, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan; (K.A.K.); (A.F.)
- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan;
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- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan;
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Institute of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, I-Shou University, Da-Shu, Kaohsiung City 84001, Taiwan; (C.T.L.); (C.-H.H.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Institute of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, I-Shou University, Da-Shu, Kaohsiung City 84001, Taiwan; (C.T.L.); (C.-H.H.)
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, The Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, Manila 1008, Philippines;
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Technology, National University of Tainan, Tainan 70005, Taiwan;
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Technology, National University of Tainan, Tainan 70005, Taiwan;
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan; (K.A.K.); (A.F.)
- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan;
- Center for Nanotechnology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan
- Research Center for Aquatic Toxicology and Pharmacology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan
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Kuznietsova H, Dziubenko N, Paliienko K, Pozdnyakova N, Krisanova N, Pastukhov A, Lysenko T, Dudarenko M, Skryshevsky V, Lysenko V, Borisova T. A comparative multi-level toxicity assessment of carbon-based Gd-free dots and Gd-doped nanohybrids from coffee waste: hematology, biochemistry, histopathology and neurobiology study. Sci Rep 2023; 13:9306. [PMID: 37291245 PMCID: PMC10250545 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36496-4] [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: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
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Here, a comparative toxicity assessment of precursor carbon dots from coffee waste (cofCDs) obtained using green chemistry principles and Gd-doped nanohybrids (cofNHs) was performed using hematological, biochemical, histopathological assays in vivo (CD1 mice, intraperitoneal administration, 14 days), and neurochemical approach in vitro (rat cortex nerve terminals, synaptosomes). Serum biochemistry data revealed similar changes in cofCDs and cofNHs-treated groups, i.e. no changes in liver enzymes' activities and creatinine, but decreased urea and total protein values. Hematology data demonstrated increased lymphocytes and concomitantly decreased granulocytes in both groups, which could evidence inflammatory processes in the organism and was confirmed by liver histopathology; decreased red blood cell-associated parameters and platelet count, and increased mean platelet volume, which might indicate concerns with platelet maturation and was confirmed by spleen histopathology. So, relative safety of both cofCDs and cofNHs for kidney, liver and spleen was shown, whereas there were concerns about platelet maturation and erythropoiesis. In acute neurotoxicity study, cofCDs and cofNHs (0.01 mg/ml) did not affect the extracellular level of L-[14C]glutamate and [3H]GABA in nerve terminal preparations. Therefore, cofNHs demonstrated minimal changes in serum biochemistry and hematology assays, had no acute neurotoxicity signs, and can be considered as perspective biocompatible non-toxic theragnostic agent.
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- Halyna Kuznietsova
- Corporation Science Park, Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, 60 Volodymyrska Str., Kyiv, 01033, Ukraine
- Institute of High Technologies, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska Street, 64, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
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- Corporation Science Park, Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, 60 Volodymyrska Str., Kyiv, 01033, Ukraine
- Institute of High Technologies, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska Street, 64, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
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- Corporation Science Park, Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, 60 Volodymyrska Str., Kyiv, 01033, Ukraine.
- Palladin Institute of Biochemistry National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 9 Leontovicha Street, Kyiv, 01054, Ukraine.
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- Palladin Institute of Biochemistry National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 9 Leontovicha Street, Kyiv, 01054, Ukraine
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- Palladin Institute of Biochemistry National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 9 Leontovicha Street, Kyiv, 01054, Ukraine
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- Palladin Institute of Biochemistry National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 9 Leontovicha Street, Kyiv, 01054, Ukraine
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- Corporation Science Park, Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, 60 Volodymyrska Str., Kyiv, 01033, Ukraine
- Palladin Institute of Biochemistry National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 9 Leontovicha Street, Kyiv, 01054, Ukraine
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- Palladin Institute of Biochemistry National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 9 Leontovicha Street, Kyiv, 01054, Ukraine
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- Corporation Science Park, Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, 60 Volodymyrska Str., Kyiv, 01033, Ukraine
- Institute of High Technologies, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska Street, 64, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
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- Light Matter Institute, UMR-5306, Claude Bernard University of Lyon/CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Corporation Science Park, Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, 60 Volodymyrska Str., Kyiv, 01033, Ukraine
- Palladin Institute of Biochemistry National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 9 Leontovicha Street, Kyiv, 01054, Ukraine
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Korotkov SM, Sobol KV, Novozhilov AV, Nesterov VP. Effect of Eu3+ on Calcium-Dependent Processes in Vertebrate Myocardium. J EVOL BIOCHEM PHYS+ 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022093022070067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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