The Human Cell Atlas Project is an ambitious international effort to profile all cells in the body. Capturing the plasticity and complexity of human immune cells will be challenging but will provide an unprecedented resource for future research.
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Adlung, L., Amit, I. From the Human Cell Atlas to dynamic immune maps in human disease. Nat Rev Immunol 18, 597–598 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41577-018-0050-2
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