For sandwich Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), cell culture supernatants were diluted using the ELISA assay diluent (Biolegend 4212013) and cytokine concentrations were measured using the ELISA MAX standard set mouse IFN-γ (BioLegend 430801) and IL-17A (BioLegend 432501) kits according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
For flow cytometric, bead-based immunoassays, DC and dLN cell culture supernatants were diluted and processed using the LEGENDplex mouse anti-virus response panel (BioLegend 740622) and the LEGENDplex mouse Th cytokine panel (BioLegend 740740) kits, respectively. Data were acquired on the NovoCyte flow cytometer (Acea Biosciences/Agilent) and analyzed using the LEGENDplex software v8 (BioLegend).