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Iliakis, C.S., Kulikauskaite, J., Aegerter, H. et al. The role of recruitment versus training in influenza-induced lasting changes to alveolar macrophage function. Nat Immunol 24, 1639–1641 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-023-01602-1
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