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Type 17 T-helper cells might be a promising therapeutic target for systemic lupus erythematosus

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This work was partly supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30571608, 30771848) and the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (070413109).

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  1. HF Pan is a Doctor and DQ Ye is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and XP Li is a Rheumatologist in the Department of Rheumatology, Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, Anhui, China.,

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Pan, H., Ye, D. & Li, X. Type 17 T-helper cells might be a promising therapeutic target for systemic lupus erythematosus. Nat Rev Rheumatol 4, 352–353 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncprheum0815

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