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This work was supported by research grants Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C, KAKENHI: 13671060, 15591002) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

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Lorenzo V, F., Nishii, K., Usui, E. et al. Reply to SE Langabeer et al. Leukemia 17, 1915–1916 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2403067

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