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MicroRNAs in mesenchymal stem cells: the key to decoding systemic lupus erythematosus

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This work was supported by the Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 81930043), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81871283, 81501347).

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Geng, L., Sun, L. MicroRNAs in mesenchymal stem cells: the key to decoding systemic lupus erythematosus. Cell Mol Immunol 18, 2286–2287 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41423-021-00722-8

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