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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 32000491 to BHZ), projects 222300420015 and 2023DK2005 to YML, and a start-up fund from Xinxiang Medical University (505483, to BHZ).
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BZ, EK, and YL designed the experiments. BZ, MZ, HM, YW, JQ, and YL performed the experiments and collected the data. LL, TL, LZ, YG, and RH assisted in the experiments. BZ analyzed the data and wrote the original manuscript. YL revised the manuscript.
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Zhou, B., Zhang, M., Ma, H. et al. Distinct palmitoylation of Foxp3 regulates the function of regulatory T cells via palmitoyltransferases. Cell Mol Immunol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41423-024-01166-6
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