Spleens were sieved (70 µm), before washing [phosphate-buffered saline (PBS); 350 g, 5
min], re-sieving (40 µm),
RBC lysis (eBioscience), washing, and resuspension in FACS
buffer (1% BSA, 0.05% NaN
3, in PBS) or full RPMI 1640. Cells in FACS buffer
were Fc blocked (1:100; BioLegend; 10 min, RT) before staining for T-cell activation with:
anti-CD4 (1:800; eBioscience),
anti-CD8 (1:100),
anti-CD62L (1:80),
anti-CD44 (1:400; all
BioLegend; 20 min, RT); or for Tregs with:
anti-CD4 (1:800), anti-CD25 (1:80; BioLegend;
20 min, RT), before washing, fixation, permeabilization (
FOXP3 Fix/Perm; BioLegend), then
anti-FOXP3 (1:20; BioLegend; 30 min, RT). Splenocytes in RPMI were treated
±
ionomycin/phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate/brefeldin A (1:500; BioLegend), incubated (5 h,
37°C), washed, resuspended in FACS buffer, Fc blocked, stained with
anti-CD4 or
anti-CD8(20 min, RT), washed, fixed, permeabilized (BioLegend), then
anti-IL-10,
anti-IL-17, and
anti-interferon γ (IFNγ; all 1:100; BioLegend; 30 min, RT). For neutrophil, monocyte or
Ly6C
+ cells, whole blood (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) was stained with
anti-CD115 (1:100; eBioscience),
anti-CD11b (1:800),
anti-Ly6G (1:80; both BioLegend),
anti-Ly6C (1:400; AbD Serotec, Hercules, CA), at RT for 30 min, before
RBC lysis, washing,
and analysis by flow cytometry (Accuri C6).
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