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Not to be and how not to be: the questions of Tregs controlled by RIPK1

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The authors apologize to colleagues whose work inspired this review but could not be cited owing to space limitations. This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82025002, 32230036, 82394411 and 82170113), the 1.3.5 Project of Disciplines of Excellence (ZYGD22005) and the National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics from West China Hospital, Sichuan University (No. Z2021JC009).

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Peng, Z., Zhang, H. & Hu, H. Not to be and how not to be: the questions of Tregs controlled by RIPK1. Cell Mol Immunol 21, 205–206 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41423-024-01129-x

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