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Coming of age: the formation and function of age-associated B cells

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82071817, 82171793, 82371803), the Shenzhen Science and Technology Program (YCYJ20210324114602008), the Jiangsu Provincial Key Research and Development Program (BE2023758), the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (17113319, 17103821), the RGC Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) (T12-703/19-R) and the Centre for Oncology and Immunology under the Health@InnoHK Initiative funded by the Innovation and Technology Commission, Hong Kong, China. The figure was drawn with BioRender with the permission of the publication license.

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  1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Medical Immunology of Jiangsu University, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China

    Ke Rui

  2. Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China

    Nan Che

  3. Centre for Infection and Immunity Studies, School of Medicine, The Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518107, Guangdong, China

    Kongyang Ma

  4. Department of Rheumatology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

    Hejian Zou

  5. Department of Pathology and Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, HKU Shenzhen Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Fan Xiao & Liwei Lu

  6. Centre for Oncology and Immunology, Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong, China

    Fan Xiao & Liwei Lu

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Rui, K., Che, N., Ma, K. et al. Coming of age: the formation and function of age-associated B cells. Cell Mol Immunol 21, 311–312 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41423-024-01143-z

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