The adipose tissues and bronchus of each group of lungs were removed. The lungs were then cut into pieces and digested in RPMI 1640 medium (VivaCell, Shanghai, China) containing 10% FBS (Sperikon Life Science & Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Chengdu, China) and
collagenase VIII (250 U/mL; Sigma Aldrich, Saint Louis, MO, USA) at 37 °C for 30 min. Cell surface staining was performed by incubating the cells with the indicated antibodies on ice for 15 min. Cells were washed and analyzed on an
LSR Fortessa flow cytometer (BD Biosciences, San Diego, CA, USA) using FlowJo software (BD Biosciences, San Diego, CA, USA).
To measure the percentages of CD4
+ and CD8
+ cells among CD3
+ mononuclear cells, the cells were incubated with
anti-mouse CD3e-FITC (1:1200, eBioscience);
anti-mouse CD4-APC (1:400, eBioscience);
anti-mouse CD8a-PE (1:1600, BioLegend); anti-mouse CD45R-PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:800, eBioscience) for 20 min at room temperature.
To measure the percentages of macrophages and dendritic cells, cells were incubated with anti-mouse I-A/I-E-PE/Cyanine7 (1:3200, BioLegend);
anti-mouse F4/80-FITC (1:100, eBioscience);
anti-mouse CD11b-eFluor™ 450 (1:800, eBioscience);
anti-mouse CD11c-PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:200, eBioscience);
anti-mouse Ly-6C-APC (1:800, eBioscience) for 20 min at room temperature.
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