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The datasets generated and analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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This work was supported by grants from the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 82170217 to AP, No. 82070192 and No. 81670171 to EJ), Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem Innovation Fund (No. HH22KYZX0034 to EJ), Fundamental Research Funds for the central universities (No. 3332020052 to YC), CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (No. 2021-I2M-1-073 to AP), and Key Project of Tianjin Natural Science Foundation (No. 20JCZDJC00410 to AP).
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MW performed the research and analyzed the data. MW, WG, XZ, JW, JL, and YC collected patient demographics and transplantation data. RZ, XC, YH, WZ, QM, JW, and YH obtained follow-up clinical information. DY and AP supervised the study. MW, SF, EJ, and MH designed the research and wrote the paper. All authors edited and approved the final version of the manuscript.
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Wang, M., Guo, W., Zheng, X. et al. Impact of HLA-B leader matching on clinical outcomes after haploidentical transplantation using antithymocyte globulin-based conditioning. Bone Marrow Transplant 58, 94–96 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-022-01842-z
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