For assessment of T and B cell populations in NZB/W F1 mice, splenocytes and/or bone marrow were harvested following drug treatment and analyzed by flow cytometry. Single immune cell suspensions were prepared from spleen or bone marrow after red blood cell lysis. Cells were incubated with anti-CD16/CD32 (Fc block, clone 2.4G2) and stained with various combinations of antibodies. Antibodies used for these analyses were murine-reactive CD21-FITC, B220-FITC, CD3-PerCPCy5.5, CD11b-PerCPCy5.5, Gr1-PerCPCy5.5, B220- PerCP, CD23-PECy7, B220-AlexFluor700, IgD-BV510, CD38- FITC, CD44-FITC, B220-FITC, CD69-PE, CD86-PE, CD138-PE, CD3- PerCPCy5.5, CD5-PerCPCy5.5, B220-PerCP, ICOS-PECy7, CD4-PB, B220-PB, B220-AlexFluor700, IgD-BV510, CD8-APC, Ki67-APC (all antibodies and Fc block from BD Biosciences). Flow cytometry was run on BD FACSVerse™ System with BD FACSuite™ Software for acquisition, and data analysis was done using BD FlowJo™ Software.
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