The following mAbs were used for staining and flow cytometric measurements:
CD3-VioGreen (BW264/56), CD4-allophycocyanin-Vio770 (VIT4),
CD8-PE-Vio770 (BW135/80), CD14-peridinin chlorophyll protein (PerCP) (TÜK4),
CD20-PerCP (LT20), CD27-FITC (M-T271), CD28-FITC (15E8),
CD45RA-VioBlue (T6D11),
CD45RO-FITC (UCHL1),
CD62L-FITC (145/15),
CD107a-PE (1D4B),
CD127-FITC (MB15-18C9), CD137-allophycocyanin,
CD137-PE (4B4-1),
CD154-VioBlue (5C8), CD178-PE (NOK-1), CD197 (CCR7)-allophycocyanin, CD197 (CCR7)-PE (150503), CD279-allophycocyanin (PD1.3.1.3), anti-IL-2-PE-Vio770 (N7.48A), anti-IL-4-PE (7A3-3), anti-IL-17-FITC (CZ8-23G1), anti-IFN-
γ-FITC, anti-IFN-
γ-PE-Vio770 (45-15), anti-TNF-
α-PE, and anti-TNF-
α-VioBlue (cA2) (all Miltenyi Biotec).
Soluble biotinylated pHLA-A*0201 molecules loaded with WT1
37 (VLDFAPPGA), WT1
126 (RMFPNAPYL), WT1
187 (SLGEQQYSV), WT1
235 (CMTWNQMNL), or cytomegalovirus (CMV) pp65
495 (NLVPMVATV) were produced as described previously.14 (
link) Tetramerization was achieved by binding to
streptavidin-PE or
streptavidin-allophycocyanin (both BioLegend, San Diego, CA). In each case, 2·5 × 10
6 cells were stained with 1 µg/ml tetramer for 45 min at 4°C.
Data were acquired using a MACSQuant flow cytometer and analysed with
MACSQuantify software (both Miltenyi Biotec).
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