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Neutrophil ferroptotic death promotes autoimmune pathogenesis

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This work was supported by the Westlake Education Foundation and the Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine.

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Pan, Z., Naowarojna, N., Wang, Y. et al. Neutrophil ferroptotic death promotes autoimmune pathogenesis. Sci. China Life Sci. 65, 846–848 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-021-2014-4

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