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Lefrançois, L., Fuller, B., Huleatt, J.W. et al. On the front lines: intraepithelial lymphocytes as primary effectors of intestinal immunity. Springer Semin Immunopathol 18, 463–475 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00824053

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