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Correction: Glycoprotein 2 as a gut gate keeper for mucosal equilibrium between inflammation and immunity
Zhongwei Zhang1,2, Izumi Tanaka1,2, Rika Nakahashi-Ouchida2,3,4,5
1Department of Innovative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
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