PBMCs from healthy individuals were stimulated by CpG (10 µg/mL) for 24 h. PMA and ionomycin were then added for the last 4 h of culture and BFA (10 µg/mL, Sigma Aldrich) was added for the last 2 h. PBMCs were then stained using FITC or V450-conjugated anti CD19 (clone HIB19, BD Pharmingen) and
Fixable Viability Dye eFluor 506 (Thermofisher) before fixation (
cytofix/cytoperm buffer BD biosciences) and permeabilization (
Perm wash buffer, BD Pharmingen). Intracellular staining for IL-10, IFNγ, and TNFα was then performed using APC-conjugated anti IL-10 (clone JES3-19F1, BD Pharmingen) and PeCy7-conjugated anti-IFNγ PeCy7 (4SB3, BD Pharmingen) or
anti-TNFα (clone MAb11, BD Pharmingen). Percentages of IFNγ and TNFα positive cells among B10
+ and B10
neg cells were measured by flow cytometry, using
FACS CANTO II (BD biosciences). Gating strategy and representative flow cytometry dot plot are shown in Figure S2 in Supplementary Material. We also measured cytokines concentrations in supernatants from isolated B10
+ and B10
neg cells. To do this, B10
+ and B10
neg cells were sorted as described above, and kept in culture for 24 h. Then, cytokine dosages in supernatants were performed using
Human IFN-γ ELISA MAX Deluxe and
Human TNF-α ELISA MAX Deluxe (BioLegend, San Diego, CA, USA) according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
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