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We thank Professor Avinash Bhandoola and Professor Graham Anderson for their critical comments. JEC is supported by a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society (Grant Number 222623/Z/21/Z). KDJ is a Post-Doctoral Fellow supported by an MRC Programme Grant (MR/T029765/1) awarded to Professor Graham Anderson.
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James, K.D., Cowan, J.E. Insm1: orchestrating cellular mimicry in the thymus medulla. Cell Mol Immunol 21, 416–418 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41423-024-01151-z
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