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Pulmonary Cell NewsScientists performed an integrative analysis of the mutational and transcriptional profiles of large cohorts of non-small-cell lung cancer patients and found that epigenetic downregulation of B2M was common.
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Zhao, Y., Cao, Y., Chen, Y., Wu, L., Hang, H., Jiang, C., & Zhou, X. (n.d.). B2M gene expression shapes the immune landscape of lung adenocarcinoma and determines the response to immunotherapy. Immunology, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1111/imm.13384 Cite
