Commensal microbiota regulates T cell fate decision in the gut

Yukihiro Furusawa1, Yuuki Obata, Koji Hase

  • 1Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Keio University, Tokyo, 105-8512, Japan.

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