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  1. Department of Immunology & National Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

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  2. Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China

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Huang, B. Atomic force microscopy: dancing on the stage of immunology. Cell Mol Immunol 18, 1605–1606 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41423-021-00664-1

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