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This work is supported by grants from the National Science and Technology Major Program of Infectious Diseases (2012ZX10002002004-001, 2012ZX10004701 and 2013ZX10002001) and the Natural Science Foundation of China (31430027 and 81672016) to BW. We thank Dr Yan Shi for his critical review and suggestions and Dr Douglas Lowrie for his proofreading.
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Zhao, W., Zhao, G. & Wang, B. Revisiting GM-CSF as an adjuvant for therapeutic vaccines. Cell Mol Immunol 15, 187–189 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/cmi.2017.105
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