Yuanwei Shi
Danting Tang
Xiaoqi Li
Xiaoli Xie
Yufu Ye3,4
Lijuan Wang- 1School of Clinical Medicine, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
- 2Central Laboratory, Linyi People’s Hospital, Linyi, China
- 3Key Laboratory of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- 4Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- 5Linyi Key Laboratory of Tumor Biology, Linyi, China
The galectin family of proteins has high affinity with β-galactoside-containing glycans. These proteins participate in cell growth and differentiation, cell adhesion, cell signal transduction, cell apoptosis, and other cellular activities. In recent years, a large number of studies have described the expression and correlation of galectins in different tumors. Each member of the family plays a vital role in tumor growth, progression, angiogenesis, adhesion, and tumor immune escape. Studies on the roles of galectins in lymphoma have mainly involved galectin-1, -3, -7, and -9. The results suggest that galectins may become novel targets for precise tumor treatment. This article reviews current research progress regarding galectins in lymphoma and provides new ideas for exploring them as novel targets for treating lymphoma and other important medical issues.
Introduction
Lymphoma is the most common malignant tumor, originating from the lymphoid hematopoietic system (1). According to the latest global cancer statistics, the number of new cases of lymphoma worldwide in 2020 was 627,439, and the number of deaths was 283,169 (1). The main treatments for lymphoma are chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, molecular targeted therapy and immunotherapy (2, 3). A variety of emerging immunotherapeutic strategies, including monoclonal antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates, immunomodulatory drugs, immune checkpoint inhibitors, and CAR-T cell therapy, have been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of lymphoma (3). However, improved therapies are needed.
Galectins belong to an endogenous lectin family and play important roles in cell differentiation, proliferation, apoptosis, adhesion, and migration (4). They have one or two carbohydrate recognition domains (CRDs) and high affinity for β-galactosides (5). To date, 16 members of the galectin family have been discovered and classified into three types: “proto-type“ galectins (including galectin-1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15,16) (6), “tandem-repeat” galectins (including galectin-4, 6, 8, 9, 12), and “chimera -type” galectin, galectin-3 (5). Galectins are widely expressed in various cells and recognize glycoconjugates containing β-galactosides on the cell surface, extracellular matrix, and intracellular vesicle cavities (4).
Galectins are expressed in various tumors; Table 1 summarizes the functions and clinical significance of these proteins in different tumors. The galectin family also plays key roles in lymphoma by promoting tumor cell growth, survival, and tumor immune escape (88). Intervention with galectin inhibitors is emerging as an attractive treatment option for lymphoma (88). In subsequent sections, we summarize the latest research on galectins in lymphoma.
Table 1 The role of galectin in various tumors.
Galectin-1
Galectin-1 has a molecular weight of 14.7 kDa and is encoded by the LGALS1 gene located at 22q12 (89). Galectin-1 exists and functions as a homodimer and is a typical cytoplasmic protein with an acetylated N-terminal (89). Galectin-1 is mainly expressed in the cytoplasm, shuttles between the cytoplasm and nucleus and is transferred to the cell membrane or extracellular matrix (89, 90). Galectin-1 has vital roles in tumorigenesis and tumor development. Overexpression of galectin-1 activates oncogenes, promotes the transformation of normal cells into malignant cells, and accelerates the growth and development of tumors by regulating the cell cycle (91). Galectin-1 promotes tumor migration, invasion, and angiogenesis through epithelial-mesenchymal transition (92), mediates the adhesion of tumor cells, and enhances the adhesion of cells to the extracellular matrix through glycoproteins in the basement membrane (93). Galectin-1 also accelerates the growth of tumor cells by promoting angiogenesis and the activation and proliferation of vascular endothelial cells (94).
Tumor cells weaken the function of immune cells by secreting galectin-1. This induces the tumor microenvironment to shift to the direction of immunosuppression and leads to immune escape of tumor cells (95). In addition, galectin-1 selectively reduces the viability of Th1 cells and participates in the immunosuppressive microenvironment by promoting the production of Th2 cytokines and the expansion of regulatory T cells (96).
Galectin-1 is overexpressed in lymphoma and plays important roles in this cancer. A possible mechanism of action of galectin-1 in lymphoma is shown in Figure 1. Galectin-1 is overexpressed in patients with classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma (cHL), particularly in Reed-Sternberg (R-S) cells (97). It is regulated by an activator protein-1 (AP-1)-dependent enhancer. This is a construct with a GC-rich regulatory element with an AP-1-binding site on R-S cells that selectively upregulates galectin-1 expression in cHL (96). Galectin-1 overexpression in R-S cells is a negative regulator of Epstein-Barr virus-specific T cell immunity and induces R-S cells to evade immune attack in cHL (98). It was also demonstrated that serum galectin-1 levels reflect the tumor burden and adverse clinical characteristics of cHL (99). Proteomics confirmed that galectin-1 expression in the tumor microenvironment is associated with poor clinical outcomes of cHL (100). Therefore, galectin-1 may be used as a prognostic biomarker for relapsed/refractory cHL (100).
Figure 1 Possible mechanism of galectin-1 in lymphoma. The combination of AP-1 on the surface of R-S cells and galectin-1 promotes the expression of galectin-1, the combination of overexpressed galectin-1 and CD30 stimulates tumor necrosis factor–associated factor and activates the NF-κB signaling pathway to produce poor clinical outcomes. The combination of galectin-1 and CD7 induces apoptosis of immature thymocytes, the combination of NF-κB and Sp1 promotes the expression of CD7, while the combination of E12 and Twist2 with NF-κB inhibits the expression of CD7. Since the p38 MAPK-MSK1 pathway regulates CD7 expression by activating NF-κB, inhibitors of the p38 MAPK and MSK1 pathways can directly reduce CD7 expression. In addition, EBV-specific T cells binding to galectin-1 may inhibit immune attack.
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) overexpresses galectin-1, and the expression level is strongly correlated with c-Jun in the AP-1 transcription complex (101). Because most non-mediastinal diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL) and mediastinal large B-cell lymphomas do not express galectin-1 and c-Jun, the combination of galectin-1 and c-Jun can be used as a diagnostic biomarker to distinguish other lymphomas with the same morphological or molecular characteristics as cHL and ALCL.
Two-thirds of cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL) patients overexpress galectin-1, and this protein induces T cell apoptosis by binding to the T cell surface glycoprotein, CD7 (9). In CTCL, tumor-secreted galectin-1 inhibits the viability, proliferation, and Th1 response of non-malignant T cells and promotes the Th2 response that is conducive to tumor survival (102). Furthermore, galectin-1 is a key regulator of early CTCL keratinocyte proliferation (103). Therefore, inhibiting the secretion and expression of galectin-1 might be an effective strategy to delay the progression of CTCL (103).
A lack of CD7 expression in Sezary cells reduces their sensitivity to galectin-1-induced apoptosis and provides these cells with a survival advantage (104). It has been demonstrated that galectin-1 in the tumor microenvironment weakens the sensitivity of lymphomas to CD20 immunotherapy (105). The prognosis of peripheral T-cell lymphoma patients is significantly poor, and high intratumoral galectin-1 expression before treatment was associated with adverse outcomes in a cohort of patients with CD30+ and ALK− peripheral T-cell lymphoma (106). HIV infection reduces the expression of highly soluble galectin-1, which leads to a pro-inflammatory but ineffective T cell response that ultimately promotes HIV-associated lymphoma. However, there are different opinions regarding the role of galectin-1. In HIV-associated DLBCL, patients with a higher intratumoral galectin-1 expression level have a higher survival rate (107). In addition, galectin-1 induced the death of ALCL cells, and this effect was more obvious when combined with CD30 pre-stimulation (108). Other studies have shown that galectin-1 promoted cell death by inhibiting the activity of CD45 protein tyrosine phosphatase (109). Although galectin-1 inhibitors and antibodies have been developed (Table 2), further studies are needed to explore their clinical effectiveness.
Table 2 The tumor-related clinical trials targeting on galectin family molecules.
Galectin-3
The molecular weight of galectin-3 is 29-35 kDa, and it is encoded by the LGALS3 gene located on chromosome 14 (37). Galectin-3 is the only single chimeric protein of the galectin family, consisted of three structurally distinct domains: a short amino terminal, collagen-like structures, and a COOH-terminal CRD (C-CRD) containing the NWGR anti-death motif from the CRD and B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2) family (110). Galectin-3 is a multifunctional protein mainly located in the cytoplasm. It is shuttled between the cytoplasm and nucleus and transported to the cell membrane and extracellular environment through non-classical secretory pathways (110). In the cytoplasm, galectin-3 inhibits cell apoptosis by binding to ligands including Bcl-2, CD95, and Alix/AIP1 (111). In the nucleus, galectin-3 acts as a splicing factor for pre-mRNA and functions in spliceosome assembly (111). Galectin-3 in cell membranes and the extracellular matrix mediates cell adhesion, migration, and growth by binding with its ligands (laminin and fibronectin) (112).
Galectin-3 is overexpressed in many tumors and positively correlates with the degree of tumor malignancy. It promotes the formation, progression, metastasis, and recurrence of tumors (110). Galectin-3 also suppresses tumor cell apoptosis via competing for a conserved structure with Bcl-2, suppressing cyclin, and increasing cell cycle inhibitors (113, 114). Galectin-3 regulates the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt signaling pathway and enhances the activity of the anti-apoptotic factor, NF-κB (115). It stimulates early angiogenesis, accelerates the infiltration of tumor cells into the basement membrane and matrix, enhances vascular permeability, and promotes tumor cell extravasation (116). Galectin-3 also has important roles in tumor immunity. It interferes with the binding of natural killer cells to tumor cells, thereby evading the ability of natural killer cells to kill tumor cells (117). Extracellular galectin-3 binds to glycoproteins on the surface of T cells to induce T cell apoptosis (118). The possible mechanism of action of galectin-3 in lymphoma is shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2 Possible mechanism of galectin-3 in lymphoma. Insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGFIR) triggers the involvement of at least two signaling pathways, namely the MAPK/ERK and JNK pathways, leads to paraptosis. Both pharmacological inhibition of MAPK and downregulation of MEK-2 by RNAi, as well as downregulation of JNK1 by antisense oligo transfection, inhibites paraptosis. Among them, caspase-9 is a direct target of MAPK, and the phosphorylation of ERK-2 to Thr125 inhibits the pro-apoptotic activity of caspase-9. Galectin-3 inhibits IGFIR in combination with Alix/AIP1, thereby modulating paraptosis. The combination of galectin-3 and CD95 stimulates the activation of caspase-8 and interferes with the apoptotic signaling pathway from caspase-8 to mitochondria, and it can also combine with Bcl-2 to stimulate Bax and interfere with the apoptosis signaling pathway of mitochondrial Apaf-1. Galectin-3 can also inhibit apoptosis through PI3K/AKT/NF-κB signaling pathway. The combination of galectin-3 with NK cells may have the effect of suppressing immune attack, and the combination with fibronectin and laminin can promote tumorigenesis in lymphoma.
Gene chip detection has demonstrated that galectin-3 is expressed in DLBCL patients but not in low-grade follicular lymphoma (FL) patients, providing one of the best means to distinguish DLBCL from FL (119). Histochemical staining confirmed the high expression levels of galectin-3 in DLBCL patients, and further research showed that galectin-3 protected B cells against Fas-induced apoptosis (120). Galectin-3 is also highly expressed in patients and cell lines of primary exudative lymphoma but not Burkitt’s lymphoma, marginal zone lymphoma, and small B-cell lymphoma (120). The expression level of galectin-3 is lowest in germinal center B cells and highest in primitive B cells (CD17−/IgD+) and memory B cells (CD10−/CD27+/IgD−) (120, 121). Galectin-3 combines with 90K to form a galectin-3/90K complex that promotes cell adhesion. It was demonstrated that high levels of 90K and galectin-3 were directly related to a poor response to therapy, high invasiveness, and short survival in patients with DLBCL (122).
A tissue chip assay was used to detect the expression of galectin-3 in 259 cases of primary DLBCL. The results showed that galectin-3 was localized to several subcellular sites and cell surfaces (34). In that study, after galectin-3 glycan inhibitor GCS-100 was used to remove galectin-3 from the surface of DLBCL cells, the cells were sensitive to apoptosis induced by dextran, rituximab, and etoposide (34). An immunoprecipitation assay confirmed that CD45 was the main counterreceptor of galectin-3 on the cell surface. In addition, removing galectin-3 from cell surface CD45 enhanced the phosphorylation activity, thereby increasing the sensitivity of DLBCL cells to chemotherapeutic drug-induced death. In contrast, galectin-3 can bind to specific O-glycans on CD45, reducing tyrosine phosphatase activity and thereby having anti-apoptotic effects in DLBCL (34). Additional studies found that the anti-apoptotic activity of galectin-3 in DLBCL mainly occurred on the cell surface. One study demonstrated that galectin-3 was overexpressed in all cases of Ki-1+ ALCL and might be a potential marker of this lymphoma (123).
Mitteldorf et al. compared the expression levels of galectin-3 in primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma and lymphoid papulosis and found no difference, except for a different localization (35). The presence of endothelial hyperplasia and overexpression of galectin-3 in endothelial cells were considered prognostic factors for a poor primary central nervous system lymphoma outcome with normal immune function (124). Interestingly, the expression levels of galectin-3 in sera of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients were related to cardiovascular events, and serum galectin-3 might be a prognostic biomarker for cumulative cardiovascular events (36).
Galectin-3 is widely expressed in stromal cells of adult T cells/lymphoma (ATLL) (125). Galectin-3 binding to CD7 induced tumor cell apoptosis, while lymphoma cells resisted exogenous galectin-3-induced apoptosis, resulting in a poor prognosis in ATLL (125). Therefore, galectin-3 may be used as an indicator of poor prognosis of lymphoma. Overall, research on the function of galectin-3 in lymphoma requires further exploration.
Galectin-7
Galectin-7 has a molecular weight of 15 kDa and is encoded by the LGALS7 gene located on chromosome 19 (126). Galectin-7 is localized in the cytoplasm and nucleus and is secreted extracellularly via a non-classical secretion pathway (126). Galectin-7 has a high degree of tissue specificity, and its expression is mostly restricted to stratified epithelial cells (127). The expression of galectin-7 is regulated by a variety of transcription factors. In addition, the P53 gene induces the expression of galectin-7 in colorectal cancer (128).
Intracellular galectin-7 promotes cell apoptosis by increasing the activity of caspase-3 (129), accelerating the release of cytochrome C, and enhancing the activity of amino-terminal kinases that play important roles in maintaining epidermal homeostasis (129, 130). Galectin-7 is also involved in cell adhesion and migration and functions in wound healing, cancer progression, embryonic development, allergic inflammation, autoimmune diseases, and transplant rejection (131). Galectin-7 increases the expression levels of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9, which has vital roles in tumorigenesis, metastasis, migration, and invasion via regulating extracellular signal-regulated kinase, c-Jun N-terminal kinase, and p38 mitogen activated protein kinase signaling pathways (132, 133).
Overexpression of galectin-7 inhibits the formation of new blood vessels, resulting in significant inhibition of the growth of colon cancer cells in mice (64). Galectin-7 acts similarly to galectin-1 in reducing the growth of neuroblastoma cells, without involving classical apoptosis, thereby playing a key role in spontaneous regression of neuroblastoma (54). DNA methylation induced galectin-7 and is usually related to the evolution of lymphoma cells into highly aggressive tumor cells (134). It was reported that high expression of galectin-7 in 164T2 lymphoma cells was associated with an increased recurrence rate and poor prognosis (55). Subsequent studies showed that the expression of galectin-7 was related to the DNA hypomethylation of its promoter (55).
Galectin-7 accelerates the development of lymphoma cells and increases the metastatic behavior of low metastatic lymphoma cells via MMP-9 (135). The specific mechanism of action of galectin-7 in lymphoma has not been elucidated, but based on its general role in cancer, the mechanism is summarized in Figure 3. Galectin-7 is overexpressed in mature neoplastic B-cells rather than normal B cells (136). Galectin-7 cDNA transfection significantly suppresses the dissemination and invasion of lymphoma cells and increases the survival of mice. Inhibition of galectin-7 in aggressive lymphoma cells is related to reduced invasion by tumor cells and decreased expression of MMP-9 (136). Overall, the positive regulatory effect of galectin-7 on lymphoma provides us with a new therapeutic direction. Furthermore, the ability to inhibit galectin-7 to decrease tumor invasion and metastasis may become a new therapeutic strategy for lymphoma.
Figure 3 Possible mechanism of galectin-7 in lymphoma. MMP-9 overexpression is significantly related to the aggressive progression of lymphoma, and intracellular galectin-7 increases MMP-9 expression by TCF-3, while extracellular increases MMP-9 expression through P38, ERK, and JNK pathways. WT p53-induced galectin-7 expression induced by post-stress signaling can regulate cell death and/or DNA repair, and in cancer cells, galectin-7 can be induced by mutation p53 by a gain-of-function (GOF) mechanism, shifting balance to pro-tumor effects. In addition, DNA methylation, cytochrome C and amino-terminal kinases may also cause apoptosis by the action of galectin-7.
Galectin-9
Galectin-9 has a molecular weight of 36 kDa and is encoded by the LGALS9 gene located on chromosome 17 (137). Galectin-9 was first isolated from mouse embryonic kidney tissue in 1997 and was cloned from the tumor tissue of nodular sclerosing Hodgkin’s lymphoma (137). Galectin-9 contains two different but homologous CRDs (N-CRD and C-CRD) that differ in inducing T cell death and activating dendritic cells. The C-CRD of galectin-9 mainly determines receptor recognition and T cell death pathway signaling, while the N-CRD mainly activates dendritic cells (138). Previous studies have shown that galectin-9 is widely distributed in the liver, spleen, stomach, colon, lymph nodes, appendix, gallbladder, bone marrow, lung, and bladder and various cells, including eosinophils, epithelial cells, endothelial cells, T lymphocytes, dendritic cells, and macrophages (137).
Intra- and extracellular galectin-9 interacts with ligands to regulate biological functions. A variety of galectin-9 surface-binding ligands have been reported, such as T cell immunoglobulin mucin-3 (Tim-3), cell surface protein disulfide isomerase, CD44, 4-1BB (CD137), glucose transport protein-2, Forssman glycosphingolipid, IgE, and IgM (137, 139). When combined with its ligands, galectin-9 is implicated in the occurrence and development of various autoimmune diseases, transplant rejection, allergic diseases, infections, and tumors (137). The most characteristic ligand of galectin is Tim-3. This ligand is widely expressed on the surface of immune cells and induces Th1 and Th17 cell apoptosis after binding with galectin-9 (140). Activating the galectin-9/Tim-3 pathway suppresses the immune response by inducing the proliferation of bone marrow-derived suppressive cells and leads to the failure of T cells (141, 142). Moreover, Tim-3 plays important roles in the process of anti-programmed cell death 1 (PD1)/programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) treatment resistance (143). The galectin-9/Tim-3 signaling pathway was shown to be a key mechanism of resistance to anti-PD1 immunotherapy (77). Therefore, galectin-9/Tim-3 inhibitors may be an effective treatment to enhance the efficacy of PD1/PD-L1 antibodies.
The expression of galectin-9 is far less extensive than that of galectin-1 and galectin-3 in lymphoma. Primarily, galectin-9 is increased in patients with various infectious diseases and allergies (144). The possible mechanism of galectin-9 in lymphoma is shown in Figure 4. In ATL/ATLL, increased plasma galectin-9 level indicates the tumor burden and reflects opportunistic infections resembling the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome due to mogamulizumab therapy (144). Therefore, increased galectin-9 level might reflect immune-related adverse effects of lymphoma biotherapy (144).
Figure 4 Possible mechanism of galectin-9 in lymphoma. Galectin-9 mainly exerts a pro-tumor effect by binding to Tim-3, Tim-3 inhibits the cytotoxic IL-2 secreted by T cells and inhibits the lethality of NK cells, and the combination of PD-1 and galectin-9 weakens the work of Gal-9/Tim-3. Interferon-induced expression and secretion of galectin-9 is a potential mechanism for tumor-acquired immune resistance. INFβ produced by APC and tumor cells and INFγ produced by activated CD8 T cells induce APC and tumor cells to express and secrete galectin-9. However, galcectin-9 induces T cell death and inhibits the anti-tumor immune response.
Galectin-9 is overexpressed on tumor cells in lesional skin of CTCL (7). The expression levels correlate with reduced CD8+ T-cell infiltration and disease severity markers (7). Galectin-9 promotes CTCL cell death via activating caspase-3 and caspase-9, which elicits apoptosis and inhibits the growth of CTCL cells (7). An anti-Tim-3 blocking antibody combined with galectin-9 strengthens the suppression of CTCL growth (7). Galectin-9/Tim-3 co-blockade has been studied extensively in other tumors (143) and may be developed as a new therapy against PD1/PD-L1-resistant lymphoma.
Conclusion
In summary, the widespread expression of galectin family proteins in tissues is inseparable from the occurrence, development, invasion, and metastasis of tumors. Importantly, the different galectin expression levels in normal and tumor tissues create the possibility of this family functioning as biomarkers for detecting cancer progression and serving as targets for improving the clinical prognosis. Overall, using galectin as a novel target provides new approaches for improving the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of lymphoma. Preclinical experiments have shown that inhibiting galectins effectively decreases tumor progression. However, the clinical exploration of galectin inhibitors is still in the preliminary stage, and whether they can be used in cancer treatment requires further research. Nevertheless, in recent decades, research into the roles of galectins in tumors has made significant progress and led to a number of galectin inhibitors entering clinical trials. Clinical studies investigating the use of galectin inhibitors in tumors, recognized by the National Institutes of Health (https://clinicaltrials.gov/), are shown in Table 2. These clinical studies mainly focus on the detection of biomarkers and the application of galectin inhibitors and monoclonal antibodies. However, due to the lack of clinical trials of galectin inhibitors, the efficacy and side effects of galectin inhibitors in the human body have not been systematically elucidated, so the clinical application of galectin inhibitors is challenging. In the future, further researches are needed on the role and mechanism of galectins in lymphoma and tumors, so as to provide new solutions for the treatment of lymphoma and other cancers.
Author Contributions
All authors participated in the development, writing, and editing of the review article. All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version.
Funding
This work was supported by grants from the key research project program of Shandong Province (2018GSF118035), the Medical Health Science and Technology Development Plan of Shandong Province (2017–462), the Affiliated Hospital Development Fund of Xuzhou Medical University (XYFM2020016) and Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (LZ22H030003).
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Abbreviations
ALCL, anaplastic large cell lymphoma; AP-1, activator protein-1; ATL/ATLL, adult T-cell leukemia/adult T cells lymphoma; Bcl-2, B-cell lymphoma-2; cHL, classical Hodgkin’s Lymphoma; c-Jun, a transcriptional regulator of leucine zipper family; CRD, carbohydrate recognition domains; CTCL, cutaneous T cell lymphoma; DLBCL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; FL, follicular lymphoma; NF-κB, nuclear factor kappa-B; MMP, matrix metalloproteinase; PI3K/Akt, a proto-oncogene and a signaling pathway related to phosphatidylinositol; R-S cells, Reed-Sternberg cells; Tim-3,T cell immunoglobulin mucin-3.
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Keywords: lymphoma, galectin-1, galectin-3, galectin-7, galectin-9
Citation: Shi Y, Tang D, Li X, Xie X, Ye Y and Wang L (2022) Galectin Family Members: Emerging Novel Targets for Lymphoma Therapy? Front. Oncol. 12:889034. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.889034
Received: 03 March 2022; Accepted: 14 April 2022;
Published: 23 May 2022.
Edited by:
Francesco Paolo Tambaro, AORN Santobono-Pausilipon, ItalyReviewed by:
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