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Acute myeloid leukemia cells constitutively express the immunoregulatory enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase

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Curti, A., Aluigi, M., Pandolfi, S. et al. Acute myeloid leukemia cells constitutively express the immunoregulatory enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase. Leukemia 21, 353–355 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404485

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