Briefly, mouse spleens and BM were collected and dissociated through a 40μm strainer to produce a single cell suspension. Red blood cells were lysed using 0.86%
ammonium chloride (Sigma). Cells were counted, washed in flow cytometry buffer (1%
BSA (Sigma), 2mM
EDTA (Invitrogen) in PBS. FcR were blocked with 2.4G2 (BioXCell) and
Rat IgG (Invitrogen) while staining with McAb at 4
0 for 30 minutes. Intracellular staining was carried out using the eBioscience kit. Samples were acquired using a
FACSCanto II or
LSRFortessa flow cytometer (BD Biosciences) and analyzed with FlowJo software (Tree Star, Inc.). The following mAb against mouse antigens were used as
FITC, PE,
PerCP-Cy5.5, PE-Cy7, allophycocyanin (APC), APC-ef780, Pacific blue, AF450, AF700, PE Texas Red, or biotin conjugates:
FcεRI, AA4.1, CD23, CD43, IgM, FcγRII/III, ckit, Sca-1, CD34, CD138, CD45R (B220; RA3-6B2),
CD278 (ICOS; C398.4A), IgD (11–26) (eBioscience), CD4 (RM4–5), CD8a (53–6.7), CD95 (Fas; Jo2), CXCR5 (2G8) (BD Biosciences), CD3 (17A2), CD19 (6D5),
Foxp3,
CTLA-4,
Siglec F,
CD11b,
F4/80, TCRβ, Gr-1,
FcεRI, and CD279 (PD-1; J43) (Biolegend). Biotinylated antibodies were detected using
PerCP-Cy5.5– (BD Biosciences) or
APC-conjugated streptavidin (eBioscience).
FITC or biotin-conjugated PNA was obtained from Vector Laboratories. Plots shown are on a Logicle scale.
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