Antibody signatures against viruses and microbiome reflect past and chronic exposures and associate with aging and

Sergio Andreu-Sánchez1,2, Aida Ripoll-Cladellas3, Anna Culinscaia1

  • 1Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.

Iscience
|June 13, 2024
PubMed

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