Cd3 horizon v450

Whole blood was drawn in EDTA tubes and the cells were incubated with fluorochrome-conjugated antibodies against human CD3-FITC, HLA-DR-FITC, CD45RA-FITC, CD8-PE, CD16+56-PE, CD69-PE, CD28-PE, CD3-PerCP, CD45-PerCP, CD45RO-PerCP-Cy5.5, CD4-PE-Cy7, CD25-PE-Cy7, CD25-APC, CD39-APC, CD62L-APC, CD8-APC-H7, CD4-APC-H7, CD3-Horizon V450, CD56-Horizon V450, all from BD Biosciences (San Jose, USA). Anti-Foxp3-PE was purchased from eBioscience (San Diego, USA) and Helios-Pacific Blue from Biolegend (San Diego, USA). Lymphocyte subpopulations from peripheral blood were measured by 4- or 7-color combinations. TruCount^™ tubes (BD Biosciences) were used for assessment of absolute numbers (cells/μl) of leukocytes (CD45), and major lymphocyte populations; T lymphocyte (CD3), T helper (CD4), T cytotoxic (CD8), B (CD19) and NK (CD16+CD56) cells, as described by the manufacturer. Absolute numbers of subpopulations were derived from the major populations. Proportions of major populations were given as % of lymphocytes and proportions of subpopulations were given as % of their parent population.