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Yuru Hu1, Hongyun Li1, Wenxu Wang1

  • 1The Institute for Advanced Studies, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Hubei-MOST KLOS & KLOBM, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China.

Nano Letters
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integrin forcemacrophagepodosome“don’t eat me” signal

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