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Mandl, J.N., Melichar, H.J. Revealing the identity of regulatory T-cell-suppressed self-reactive CD4+ T cells. Cell Mol Immunol 20, 1093–1094 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41423-023-01021-0
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