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γδ T-cells: cross-talk between innate and adaptive immunity

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Cited work from the author’s laboratory was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through grant KA 502/8-3 and the Cluster of Excellence “Inflammation-at-Interfaces”

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Kabelitz, D. γδ T-cells: cross-talk between innate and adaptive immunity. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 68, 2331–2333 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-011-0696-4

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