For analysis of B‐cell populations and T regulatory cells, live single‐cell suspensions were prepared from spleens and stained with propidium iodide (PI; catalog number P4864; Sigma/Merck),
CD45R/B220‐PE‐Cy7 (1/400; catalog number RA3‐6B2; BioLegend, San Diego, CA, USA),
CD138‐PE (1/400; catalog number 281–2; BioLegend),
GL7‐Pacific Blue (1/200; BioLegend),
peanut agglutinin (PNA)–fluorescein isothiocyanate (1/400; catalog number L7381; Sigma/Merck),
IgG1‐APC (1/400; catalog number RMG1‐1; BioLegend),
CD4‐Pacific Blue (1/400; catalog number RM4‐5; BD Biosciences),
CD25‐APC (1/100; catalog number PC61; BD Biosciences) and
FoxP3‐PE (catalog number MF23; BD Biosciences). Antibodies were diluted in FACS buffer (Hanks' Balanced Salt Solution with 2% fetal calf serum). For staining with anti‐FoxP3, cells were fixed and permeabilized with the
Mouse FoxP3 buffer set (BD Biosciences). B‐cell populations were defined as follows: plasma cells, B220
lowCD138
hi; conventional B cells, B220
hi CD138
low; GC B cells, B220
hiGL7
hiPNA
hi; non‐GC B cells, B220
hiGL7
lowPNA
low; isotype switched, B220
hiGL7
hiPNA
hiIgG1
hi; nonisotype switched, B220
hiGL7
hiPNA
hiIgG1
low. T regulatory cells were identified as CD4
+CD25
+FoxP3
+. Cells were analyzed on a
BD FACSCanto II (BD Biosciences) after exclusion of PI
+ dead cells. Data were analyzed using FlowJo version 10.6.2 cell cycle analysis software (BD Biosciences).
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