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Phenotypic and functional relationship between adult T-cell leukemia cells and regulatory T cells

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This work was partly supported by the grant-in-aid of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. We thank Dr Araki (University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan), Dr Nagai (Kobe City General Hospital, Kobe, Japan), Dr Umadome (Takatsuki Red Cross Hospital, Takatsuki, Japan) and Dr Nesumi (Kansai Electric Power Hospital, Osaka, Japan) for providing clinical samples.

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  1. Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan

    Y Matsubara, T Hori, R Morita & T Uchiyama

  2. Horizontal Medical Research Organization, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan

    R Morita

  3. Department of Experimental Pathology, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan

    S Sakaguchi

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Matsubara, Y., Hori, T., Morita, R. et al. Phenotypic and functional relationship between adult T-cell leukemia cells and regulatory T cells. Leukemia 19, 482–483 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2403628

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