For tissue detection, LLC-exograft tumors were digested with collagenase P (2 mg/ml in PBS, Roche) supplemented with DNase I (5 ml/ml) for 1 h at 37 C. A single cell suspension was obtained in 1% bovine serum albumin/PBS by filter filtration. Cells were incubated with mouse CD16/CD32 Fc block antibody for 10 min at 4 C, followed by incubation with fluorochrome-conjugated antibodies: anti-CD45, anti-CD3, anti-CD8, anti-CD4 and anti-H-2Kb. For intracellular staining, cells were washed in 1% bovine serum albumin /PBS after surface staining, fixed, and permeabilized with Cyto-Fix/Perm buffer set (BD Pharmingen) for anti-GZMB staining, respectively.
All data were acquired immediately using cytometer (DxP AthenaTM V5-B5-R3, Cytek Biosciences) or cytoFLEX (BECKMAN) and further analysed using FlowJo 10.0.