Comprehensive immune profiling reveals IFN-γ signaling in T cells mediates parasite phagocytosis in a rodent malaria model : Bulk RNA-seq
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PROVIDER: GSE279789 | GEO | 2025/10/01
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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