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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2025.076
Copyright: © 2025 by the authors. Licensee: Pirogov University.
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Follicular T cells in peripheral blood: increasing complexity and key questions

Grigorova IL
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The Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I.Pirogov, Moscow

Correspondence: Irina L. Grigorova
Ostrovityanova, 1, Moscow, 117997, Russia; moc.liamg@67girg

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Funding: this research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Grant No. 24-15-00545).

Acknowledgments: the author is grateful to I. V. Zvyagin for assistance with editing the article.

Received: 2025-12-10 Accepted: 2025-12-12 Published online: 2025-12-23
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