Insights into the Role of Follicular Helper T Cells in Autoimmunity |
Park, Hong-Jai
(Department of Life Science, Hanyang University)
Kim, Do-Hyun (Department of Life Science, Hanyang University) Lim, Sang-Ho (Department of Life Science, Hanyang University) Kim, Won-Ju (Department of Life Science, Hanyang University) Youn, Jeehee (Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) Choi, Youn-Soo (Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology) Choi, Je-Min (Department of Life Science, Hanyang University) |
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