Tissue-resident FOLR2+ macrophages associate with tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells and with increased survival of breast cancer patients
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE192935 | GEO | 2022/01/06
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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