For flow cytometry analysis, isolated cells were pre-incubated for 10 minutes with purified
anti-mouse CD16/32 (BioLegend) to block the Fc-mediated non-specific binding of antibodies. Then, cells were stained with the following antibodies: anti-CD64-PE/Dazzle 594, anti-CD115-PE/Dazzle 594,
anti-CD3-PerCP/Cy5.5, anti-NK1.1-PerCP/Cy5.5,
anti-Ly6G-PerCP/Cy5.5,
anti-CD24-PE/Cy7,
anti-CX3CR1-APC, anti-CCR5-APC,
anti-Ly6C-APC/Cy7,
anti-CD45-BV421,
anti-I-A/I-E-BV605 (all from BioLegend),
anti-CD19-PerCP/Cy5.5,
anti-CD11b-AF700 (BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA),
anti-CCR2-APC (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), and
anti-F4/80-PE (Thermo Fisher Scientific) for 20 minutes on ice. After surface staining, dead cells were stained with
Zombie aqua™ Fixable Viability Kit (BioLegend). For the intracellular staining of TLR7, cells were fixed and permeabilized with the
BD Cytofix/Cytoperm Fixation/Permeabilization Solution Kit (BD Biosciences) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Then, cells were stained with
anti-TLR7-PE (BD Biosciences). Data were acquired on a
FACS LSR Fortessa (BD Biosciences) and the percentage of each cell population and mean fluorescence intensity were analyzed using FlowJo software (TreeStar Inc, Ashland, OR, USA).
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