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Kichkailo AS, Narodov AA, Komarova MA, Zamay TN, Zamay GS, Kolovskaya OS, Erakhtin EE, Glazyrin YE, Veprintsev DV, Moryachkov RV, Zabluda VV, Shchugoreva I, Artyushenko P, Mironov VA, Morozov DI, Khorzhevskii VA, Gorbushin AV, Koshmanova AA, Nikolaeva ED, Grinev IP, Voronkovskii II, Grek DS, Belugin KV, Volzhentsev AA, Badmaev ON, Luzan NA, Lukyanenko KA, Peters G, Lapin IN, Kirichenko AK, Konarev PV, Morozov EV, Mironov GG, Gargaun A, Muharemagic D, Zamay SS, Kochkina EV, Dymova MA, Smolyarova TE, Sokolov AE, Modestov AA, Tokarev NA, Shepelevich NV, Ozerskaya AV, Chanchikova NG, Krat AV, Zukov RA, Bakhtina VI, Shnyakin PG, Shesternya PA, Svetlichnyi VA, Petrova MM, Artyukhov IP, Tomilin FN, Berezovski MV. Development of DNA Aptamers for Visualization of Glial Brain Tumors and Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells. Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids 2023; 32:267-288. [PMID: 37090419 PMCID: PMC10119962 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2023.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
Abstract
Here, we present DNA aptamers capable of specific binding to glial tumor cells in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo for visualization diagnostics of central nervous system tumors. We selected the aptamers binding specifically to the postoperative human glial primary tumors and not to the healthy brain cells and meningioma, using a modified process of systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment to cells; sequenced and analyzed ssDNA pools using bioinformatic tools and identified the best aptamers by their binding abilities; determined three-dimensional structures of lead aptamers (Gli-55 and Gli-233) with small-angle X-ray scattering and molecular modeling; isolated and identified molecular target proteins of the aptamers by mass spectrometry; the potential binding sites of Gli-233 to the target protein and the role of post-translational modifications were verified by molecular dynamics simulations. The anti-glioma aptamers Gli-233 and Gli-55 were used to detect circulating tumor cells in liquid biopsies. These aptamers were used for in situ, ex vivo tissue staining, histopathological analyses, and fluorescence-guided tumor and PET/CT tumor visualization in mice with xenotransplanted human astrocytoma. The aptamers did not show in vivo toxicity in the preclinical animal study. This study demonstrates the potential applications of aptamers for precise diagnostics and fluorescence-guided surgery of brain tumors.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anna S. Kichkailo
- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
- Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,” 50 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
- Corresponding author: Anna S. Kichkailo, Laboratory for Biomolecular and Medical Technologies, Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia.
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
- Krasnoyarsk Inter-District Ambulance Hospital named after N.S. Karpovich, 17 Kurchatova, Krasnoyarsk 660062, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
- Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,” 50 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
- Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,” 50 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
- Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,” 50 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Krasnoyarsk Inter-District Ambulance Hospital named after N.S. Karpovich, 17 Kurchatova, Krasnoyarsk 660062, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
- Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,” 50 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,” 50 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,” 50 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Laboratory of Physics of Magnetic Phenomena, Kirensky Institute of Physics, 50/38 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
- Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,” 50 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
- Siberian Federal University, 79 Svobodny pr., Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
- Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,” 50 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
- Siberian Federal University, 79 Svobodny pr., Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 702-701, South Korea
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- Nanoscience Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, Jyväskylä 40014, Finland
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
- Krasnoyarsk Regional Pathology-Anatomic Bureau, 3d Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
- Krasnoyarsk Inter-District Ambulance Hospital named after N.S. Karpovich, 17 Kurchatova, Krasnoyarsk 660062, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
- Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,” 50 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Krasnoyarsk Inter-District Ambulance Hospital named after N.S. Karpovich, 17 Kurchatova, Krasnoyarsk 660062, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
- Krasnoyarsk Inter-District Ambulance Hospital named after N.S. Karpovich, 17 Kurchatova, Krasnoyarsk 660062, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
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- Federal Siberian Research Clinical Centre under the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
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- Federal Siberian Research Clinical Centre under the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
- Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,” 50 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
- Siberian Federal University, 79 Svobodny pr., Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia
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- National Research Center Kurchatov Institute, 1 Akademika Kurchatova, Moscow 123182, Russia
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology, Siberian Physical-Technical Institute of Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina, Tomsk 634050, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
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- National Research Center Kurchatov Institute, 1 Akademika Kurchatova, Moscow 123182, Russia
- A.V. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS, 59 Leninsky pr., Moscow 119333, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS – The Branch of Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie-Curie, Ottawa, ON K1N6N5, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie-Curie, Ottawa, ON K1N6N5, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie-Curie, Ottawa, ON K1N6N5, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Electronics, Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, 50 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Siberian Federal University, 79 Svobodny pr., Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 8 Lavrentyev Avenue, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,” 50 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,” 50 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
- Laboratory of Physics of Magnetic Phenomena, Kirensky Institute of Physics, 50/38 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
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- Federal Siberian Research Clinical Centre under the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Federal Siberian Research Clinical Centre under the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
- Federal Siberian Research Clinical Centre under the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Federal Siberian Research Clinical Centre under the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
- Krasnoyarsk Regional Clinical Cancer Center, 16 1-ya Smolenskaya, Krasnoyarsk 660133, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
- Krasnoyarsk Regional Clinical Cancer Center, 16 1-ya Smolenskaya, Krasnoyarsk 660133, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology, Siberian Physical-Technical Institute of Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina, Tomsk 634050, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
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- Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1 Partizana Zheleznyaka, Krasnoyarsk 660022, Russia
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- Laboratory of Physics of Magnetic Phenomena, Kirensky Institute of Physics, 50/38 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
- Siberian Federal University, 79 Svobodny pr., Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie-Curie, Ottawa, ON K1N6N5, Canada
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Ozerskaya AV, Zamay TN, Kolovskaya OS, Tokarev NA, Belugin KV, Chanchikova NG, Badmaev ON, Zamay GS, Shchugoreva IA, Moryachkov RV, Zabluda VN, Khorzhevskii VA, Shepelevich N, Gappoev SV, Karlova EA, Saveleva AS, Volzhentsev AA, Blagodatova AN, Lukyanenko KA, Veprintsev DV, Smolyarova TE, Tomilin FN, Zamay SS, Silnikov VN, Berezovski MV, Kichkailo AS. 11C-radiolabeled aptamer for imaging of tumors and metastases using positron emission tomography- computed tomography. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids 2021; 26:1159-1172. [PMID: 34853715 PMCID: PMC8601970 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2021.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Identification of primary tumors and metastasis sites is an essential step in cancer diagnostics and the following treatment. Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) is one of the most reliable methods for scanning the whole organism for malignancies. In this work, we synthesized an 11C-labeled oligonucleotide primer and hybridized it to an anti-cancer DNA aptamer. The 11C-aptamer was applied for in vivo imaging of Ehrlich ascites carcinoma and its metastases in mice using PET/CT. The imaging experiments with the 11C-aptamer determined very small primary and secondary tumors of 3 mm2 and less. We also compared 11C imaging with the standard radiotracer, 2-deoxy-2-[fluorine-18]fluoro-D-glucose (18F-FDG), and found better selectivity of the 11C-aptamer to metastatic lesions in the metabolically active organs than 18F-FDG. 11C radionuclide with an ultra-short (20.38 min) half-life is considered safest for PET/CT imaging and does not cause false-positive results in heart imaging. Its combination with aptamers gives us high-specificity and high-contrast imaging of cancer cells and can be applied for PET/CT-guided drug delivery in cancer therapies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anastasia V. Ozerskaya
- Federal Siberian Research Clinical Centre Under the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Federal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science- Center SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Federal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science- Center SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Federal Siberian Research Clinical Centre Under the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Federal Siberian Research Clinical Centre Under the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Federal Siberian Research Clinical Centre Under the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Federal Siberian Research Clinical Centre Under the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Federal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science- Center SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Federal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science- Center SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Kirensky Institute of Physics, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Krasnoyarsk Regional Pathology-Anatomic Bureau, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Federal Siberian Research Clinical Centre Under the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Krasnoyarsk Regional Pathology-Anatomic Bureau, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Federal Siberian Research Clinical Centre Under the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Federal Siberian Research Clinical Centre Under the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Federal Siberian Research Clinical Centre Under the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Federal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science- Center SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Federal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science- Center SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Kirensky Institute of Physics, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Federal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science- Center SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Federal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science- Center SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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