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The authors thank Dr. Aisling Kennedy and Dr. Eoin Brennan for their helpful comments. Work in the authors’ lab is funded by Science Foundation Ireland, The Health Research Board, and The Government of Ireland Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions. Karen Nolan is an IRCSET postgraduate Scholar.

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Nolan, K., Godson, C. (2018). FPR2/ALX. In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_590

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