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Revealing the identity of regulatory T-cell-suppressed self-reactive CD4+ T cells

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  1. Department of Physiology and McGill Research Centre on Complex Traits, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Judith N. Mandl

  2. Immunology-Oncology Unit, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Heather J. Melichar

  3. Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Heather J. Melichar

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Mandl, J.N., Melichar, H.J. Revealing the identity of regulatory T-cell-suppressed self-reactive CD4+ T cells. Cell Mol Immunol 20, 1093–1094 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41423-023-01021-0

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