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GM-CSF-Independent CD1a Expression in Epidermal Langerhans Cells: Evidence from Human CD1A Genome-Transgenic Mice

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JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY
Volume 132, Issue 1, Pages 241-244

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NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2011.280

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  1. NCI NIH HHS [R01 CA143083, P01 CA155258, P01 CA078378, R01 CA050947, P50 CA100707] Funding Source: Medline
  2. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21390304, 23390191, 21590417, 19101008, 23659203, 22133002] Funding Source: KAKEN

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