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Shared epitope is associated with the reactivity of Th17 cells to cigarette smoke extract regardless of smoking history

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We thank Leonid Padyukov and Lars Klareskog (Karolinska University) for their advice and Jorunn Johansen (Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital) for help with HLA typing. This study was supported by the University of Oslo (IMB-2016 to BS), the Norwegian Research Council (ES 572317), and the Throne Holst Foundation (THS-2016/17 to BS).

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    Roman Volchenkov, Jason Matthews & Bjørn S. Skålhegg

  2. Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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Volchenkov, R., Matthews, J., Zucknick, M. et al. Shared epitope is associated with the reactivity of Th17 cells to cigarette smoke extract regardless of smoking history. Cell Mol Immunol 16, 674–675 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41423-019-0230-4

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