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This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 82071817 and 82004171), the Chongqing International Institute for Immunology (2020YJC10), the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (17149716), Fundamental Research Funds for Central Public Welfare Research Institutes (ZZ13-YQ-033-C1), the Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program of CACM (CACM-2020-QNRC2-05) and HKU Seed Funding for Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Scheme.
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Xiao, F., Han, M., Rui, K. et al. New insights into follicular helper T cell response and regulation in autoimmune pathogenesis. Cell Mol Immunol 18, 1610–1612 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41423-021-00688-7
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