Dysbiotic microbiome triggers Th17 cells to mediate oral mucosal immunopathology in mice and humans
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE118166 | GEO | 2018/12/31
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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