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This work was supported by grants awarded by Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (A.I.R.C.), Istituto Superiore di Sanità (I.S.S.), Ministero della Salute – RF 2002/149, Ministero dell’Istruzione dell’Università e della Ricerca (M.I.U.R.), FIRB-MIUR progetto-cod.RBNE017B4C, Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica (M.U.R.S.T.), European Union FP6, LSHB-CT-2004-503319-Allostem, and Compagnia di San Paolo.

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Marcenaro, E., Chiesa, M., Pesce, S., Agaugué, S., Moretta, A. (2009). THE NK/DC COMPLOT. In: Schoenberger, S., Katsikis, P., Pulendran, B. (eds) Crossroads between Innate and Adaptive Immunity II. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 633. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79311-5_2

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