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Raza Z, Naureen Z. Melatonin ameliorates the drug induced nephrotoxicity: Molecular insights. Nefrologia 2019; 40:12-25. [PMID: 31735377 DOI: 10.1016/j.nefro.2019.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2018] [Revised: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Drug-induced nephrotoxicity is a frequent adverse event that can lead to acute or chronic kidney disease and increase the healthcare expenditure. It has high morbidity and mortality incidence in 40-70% of renal injuries and accounts for 66% cases of renal failure in elderly population. OBJECTIVE Amelioration of drug-induced nephrotoxicity has been long soughed to improve the effectiveness of therapeutic drugs. This study was conducted to review the melatonin potential to prevent the pathogenesis of nephrotoxicity induced by important nephrotoxic drugs. METHODS We analyzed the relevant studies indexed in Pubmed, Medline, Scielo and Web of science to explain the molecular improvements following melatonin co-administration with special attention to oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis as key players of drug-induced nephrotoxicity. RESULTS A robust consensus among researchers of these studies suggested that melatonin efficiently eradicate the chain reaction of free radical production and induced the endogenous antioxidant enzymes which attenuate the lipid peroxidation of cellular membranes and subcellular oxidative stress in drug-induced nephrotoxicity. This agreement was further supported by the melatonin role in disintegration of inflammatory process through inhibition of principle pro-inflammatory or apoptotic cytokines such as TNF-α and NF-κB. These studies highlighted that alleviation of drug-induced renal toxicity is a function of melatonin potential to down regulate the cellular inflammatory and oxidative injury process and to stimulate the cellular repair or defensive mechanisms. CONCLUSION The comprehensive nephroprotection and safer profile suggests the melatonin to be a useful adjunct to improve the safety of nephrotoxic drugs.
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- Zohaib Raza
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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- Riphah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Mehrzadi S, Kamrava SK, Dormanesh B, Motevalian M, Hosseinzadeh A, Hosseini Tabatabaei SMT, Ghaznavi H. Melatonin synergistically enhances protective effect of atorvastatin against gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in rat kidney. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2016; 94:265-71. [DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2015-0277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The risk of serious side-effects such as nephrotoxicity is the principal limitation of gentamicin (GEN) therapeutic efficacy. Oxidative stress is considered to be an important mediator of GEN-induced nephrotoxicity. The present study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of the combination of melatonin (MT) plus atorvastatin (ATO) against GEN-induced nephrotoxicity in rats. We utilized 30 male Wistar albino rats allocated in 5 groups, each containing 6 rats: control, GEN (100 mg/kg/day), ATO (10 mg/kg/day) + GEN, MT (20 mg/kg/day) + GEN, and ATO (10 mg/kg/day) plus MT (20 mg/kg/day) + GEN. Kidney weight, serum creatinine and urea concentration, renal ROS, MDA, GSH levels, SOD, and CAT activity were determined. GEN-induced nephrotoxicity was evidenced by marked elevations in serum urea and creatinine, kidney weight, renal ROS, and MDA levels and reduction in renal GSH level, SOD and CAT activity. MT pretreatment significantly lowered the elevated serum creatinine concentration, kidney weight, renal ROS and MDA levels. However ATO could not reduce these parameters, but similarly to MT, it was able to enhance the renal GSH level, CAT and SOD activity. In addition, a combination therapy of MT plus ATO enhanced the beneficial effects of ATO, while not changing the effects of MT effects or even improving them. The present study indicates that a combination therapy of MT plus ATO can attenuate renal injury in rats treated with GEN, possibly by reducing oxidative stress, and it seems that MT can enhance the beneficial effects of ATO.
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- Saeed Mehrzadi
- Razi Drug Research Center, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- ENT- Head & Neck Research Center, Hazrate Rasoul Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, AJA University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Razi Drug Research Center, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Razi Drug Research Center, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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Ghaznavi H, Mehrzadi S, Dormanesh B, Tabatabaei SMTH, Vahedi H, Hosseinzadeh A, Pazoki-Toroudi H, Rashidian A. Comparison of the Protective Effects of Melatonin and Silymarin Against Gentamicin-Induced Nephrotoxicity in Rats. J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med 2015; 21:NP49-55. [PMID: 26703224 DOI: 10.1177/2156587215621672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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This study compared the possible protective effects of silymarin and melatonin against gentamicin (GEN)-induced nephrotoxicity in rats. Rats were allocated to 6 groups: Group I, control group; Groups II and III, administered with silymarin or melatonin; Group IV, injected with GEN; and Groups V and VI, administered with silymarin or melatonin, and then injected with GEN. Compared with the rats in the control group, all rats injected with GEN significantly presented elevated levels of serum creatinine and urea that was accompanied by an increase in relative kidney weight, increase in renal reactive oxygen species (ROS) and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels, and reduction in renal glutathione (GSH) level and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity. Silymarin and melatonin pretreatment significantly lowered the elevated serum urea and creatinine concentration, kidney weight, and renal ROS and MDA levels. In addition, silymarin and melatonin significantly enhanced renal GSH level and SOD activity. This study indicates that silymarin and melatonin can attenuate renal injury in rats treated with GEN possibly by reducing the ROS level.
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- Habib Ghaznavi
- Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Health Sciences Research Center, Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Cyclosporine A (CsA) is a powerful immunosuppressive drug with side effects including the induction of chronic nephrotoxicity including endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in tubular cells. Recently, it was reported that autophagy is induced by ER stress and serves to alleviate the associated deleterious effects. In the current study, CsA treatment (0-100 microm) decreased cell survival of rat pituitary GH3 cells in a dose-dependent manner. At concentrations ranging from 1.0 to 10 microm, CsA induced a dose-dependent increase in the expression of microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3)-I and LC3-II. Cells treated with 2.5 microm CsA exhibited cytoplasmic vacuolation, indicating that CsA induces autophagy in rat pituitary GH3 cells. In the presence of 1.0-10 microm CsA, the expression of catalase decreased while that of the ER stress markers, ER luminal binding protein (BiP) and inositol-requiring enzyme 1 alpha (IRE1alpha), increased as compared those levels in untreated cells. These results suggested that CsA-induced autophagy is dependent on ER stress. To determine whether melatonin would protect cells against CsA-induced autophagy, we treated rat pituitary GH3 cells with melatonin in the presence of CsA. Melatonin treatment (100 and 200 microm) suppressed autophagy induced by 2.5 and 5 microm CsA. Furthermore, co-treatment with 100 microm melatonin inhibited LC3-II expression, and increased catalase and phosphorylated p-ERK levels in the presence of 2.5 and 5 microm CsA. BiP and IRE1alpha expression in melatonin-co-treated cells was superior to that in cells treated with 2.5 and 5 microm CsA alone. Thus, melatonin suppresses CsA-mediated autophagy in rat pituitary GH3 cells.
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- Yeong-Min Yoo
- Laboratory of Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, Wonju, Kangwon-do, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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Ghorbanihaghjo A, Argani H, Foroughimoghaddam H, Safa J, Rashtchizadeh N, Mesgari M. Effect of isoproterenol on cyclosporine-induced nephrotoxicity in rat. Transplant Proc 2009; 40:3737-41. [PMID: 19100478 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.06.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2007] [Revised: 02/13/2008] [Accepted: 06/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Oxidative stress is the main mechanism resulting in cyclosporine-induced nephrotoxicity. Because of its ability to stimulate endogenous melatonin production, isoproterenol is one of the most powerful antioxidant drugs. In this study, we sought to determine the effect of isoproterenol on cyclosporine-induced nephrotoxicity in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty two young male Wistar rats were divided into four groups: of group A were controls that received placebo; group B, received intraperitoneal isoproterenol (20 mg/kg/d) alone; group C, intravenous cyclosporine (15 mg/kg/d) alone; and group D, both drugs simultaneously at the same doses and durations namely cyclosporine 1 week after administration of isoproterenol. Blood samples to measure serum urea, creatinine, and melatonin levels were drawn four times for each group: before injection, at the mid period of treatment, at the end of treatment, and 1 week after the last injections. RESULTS Isoproterenol increased mean serum melatonin level in groups B and D rats (P < .05). With regard to deteriorated renal function [DRF = (urea + creatinine)/2], administration of cyclosporine with (group D) or without (group C) isoproterenol was associated with decreased renal function (P < .05), although it was more perturbed in the latter instance. Measured DRF at the middle and the end of drug administration periods of A and B (revealed significant differences compared with groups C and D; P < .05). DISCUSSION Although cyclosporine-induced nephrotoxicity is not completely eliminated by isoproterenol, the latter showed some protective effects.
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- A Ghorbanihaghjo
- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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Ogeturk M, Kus I, Kavakli A, Oner J, Kukner A, Sarsilmaz M. Reduction of carbon tetrachloride-induced nephropathy by melatonin administration. Cell Biochem Funct 2005; 23:85-92. [PMID: 15386528 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate possible protective effects of melatonin on carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced renal damage in rats. A total of 24 animals were divided into three equal groups: the control rats received pure olive oil subcutaneously, rats in the second group were injected with CCl4 (0.5 ml kg-1, s.c. in olive oil) and rats in the third group were injected with CCl4 (0.5 ml kg-1) plus melatonin (25 mg kg-1, s.c. in 10% ethanol) every other day for 1 month. At the end of the experimental period, the animals were sacrificed and blood samples were collected. The kidneys were removed and weighed. Urea and creatinine levels were determined in blood samples. Histopathological examination of the kidney was performed using light microscopic methods. Administration of CCl4 significantly increased relative kidney weight (g per 100 g body weight) and decreased serum urea levels compared to controls (p<0.01). Melatonin treatment significantly (p<0.01) reduced relative kidney weight, and it produced a statistically equal (p=0.268) relative weight with the kidneys of control rats. CCl4 administration alone also caused histopathologically prominent damage in the kidney compared to the control group. Glomerular and tubular degeneration, interstitial mononuclear cell infiltration and fibrosis, vascular congestion around the tubules, and interstitial haemorrhage in perivascular areas were observed in the renal cortex and cortico-medullary border. However, the affect of CCl4 on the medulla was limited. Melatonin provided protection against CCl4-induced renal toxicity as was evident by histopathological evaluation. In view of the present findings, it is suggested that melatonin protects kidneys against CCl4 toxicity.
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- Murat Ogeturk
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
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Chang EJ, Lee TH, Mun KC, Kim HC, Suh SI, Bae JH, Kim SP, Cho KB, Hwang JS. Effects of polyhemoglobin-antioxidant enzyme complex on ischemia-reperfusion in kidney. Transplant Proc 2005; 36:1952-4. [PMID: 15518709 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.08.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The kidney suffers ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury during transplantation. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the therapeutic effect of artificials cells on renal I/R injury through biochemical assays and histological examination. METHODS We prepared artificial cells using cross-linked hemoglobin (Hb), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and catalase. Normal male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 6 groups: the sham-operated control group, the group treated with polyHb,and the group treated with polyHb-SOD-catalase (PSC) (per groups were subjected to ischemia for 1 hour or 2 hours). After reperfusion for 4 hours, kidney and blood samples were obtained. RESULTS The levels of SOD and catalase in the PSC group were 15 and 50 times higher than those of the control group, respectively. In the polyHb group, the levels of blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum creatinine, renal hydrogen peroxide, and renal malondialdehyde were increased. However, their levels were significantly decreased by PSC administration. Renal SOD activity did not show any significant changes in the polyHb group, but renal catalase activity was decreased by polyHb treatment in comparison with the control group. The activities of renal SOD and catalase were increased using PSC treatment. In the histological findings, the PSC group showed no evidence of acute tubular necrosis in proximal convoluted tubules; their microvilli and cytoplasmic microorganelles were relatively well preserved. CONCLUSIONS These results show that PSC effectively reduces renal damage via diminished oxygen free radical-mediated injury after I/R.
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- E J Chang
- Dong San Kidney Institute & Chronic Disease Research Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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Eşrefoğlu M, Kuruş M, Sahna E. The beneficial effect of melatonin on chronic cyclosporin A nephrotoxicity in rats. J Int Med Res 2003; 31:42-4. [PMID: 12635533 DOI: 10.1177/147323000303100107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Cyclosporin A (CsA)-induced nephrotoxicity may be the consequence of oxidative stress. Anti-oxidant agents could be useful in reducing CsA toxicity. In this light microscopy study, tubular dilatation, atrophy, vacuolization and tubulointerstitial fibrosis were observed in rats given CsA, whereas in rats given CsA plus melatonin, no histological changes occurred. It is concluded that melatonin could be useful for reducing the nephrotoxic effects of CsA.
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- M Eşrefoğlu
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Inönü University Medical Faculty, Malatya, Turkey.
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Shin YH, Lee SH, Mun KC. Effect of melatonin on the antioxidant enzymes in the kidneys of cyclosporine-treated rats. Transplant Proc 2002; 34:2650-1. [PMID: 12431561 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(02)03461-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Y H Shin
- Dong San Kidney Institute, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Taegu, South Korea
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Kim YH, Lee SH, Mun KC. Effect of melatonin on antioxidant status in the plasma of cyclosporine-treated rats. Transplant Proc 2002; 34:2652-3. [PMID: 12431562 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(02)03462-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Y H Kim
- Dong San Kidney Institute, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Taegu, South Korea
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Stacchiotti A, Rezzani R, Angoscini P, Rodella L, Bianchi R. Small heat shock proteins expression in rat kidneys treated with cyclosporine A alone and combined with melatonin. THE HISTOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 2002; 34:305-12. [PMID: 12769262 DOI: 10.1023/a:1023378525471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are cytoskeletal chaperones constitutively expressed in the normal kidney but enhanced with beneficial roles during adverse stimuli. Cyclosporine A is an immunosuppressive drug with major adverse side effect such as severe nephrotoxicity. Among possible mechanisms of cyclosporine A-induced renal damage, oxidative stress and cytoskeletal damage have been suggested. Melatonin has been successfully used as antioxidant against many renal diseases. This in vivo study was performed to shed light on the protective effect of melatonin against cyclosporine A-induced renal alterations. We treated rats with cyclosporine A alone, or combined with melatonin, and with melatonin alone (as controls) for 40 days and analysed the renal abundance and distribution of two sHSPs, HSP25 and alpha B-crystallin. These data were correlated with the histopathological effects of the treatments. Cyclosporine A induced insoluble isoforms that moved to soluble fractions after melatonin coadministration as in controls. After cyclosporine A treatment, an intense signal for sHSPs was found within the glomeruli, nucleus and cytoplasm of cortical tubules, collecting ducts and vascular wall. After melatonin supply, the staining was faint, limited to the cytoplasm of cortical tubules, similar to controls. Both fibrosis and tubular alterations significantly decreased after melatonin coadministration. In conclusion, HSP25 and alpha B-crystallin are overexpressed in the rat kidney treated with cyclosporine A but are similar to controls after combined melatonin. This could be a consequence of the cytoprotective effect of melatonin in this nephrotoxic model so that a beneficial sHSPs response is unnecessary.
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- Alessandra Stacchiotti
- Division of Human Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2001; 10:263-78. [PMID: 11505947 DOI: 10.1002/pds.548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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