For the staining of PBMC, the following Abs were used: Anti-CD3-PE-Cy7, anti-CD4-PerCP, anti-CD4-Pacific Blue, anti-CD4-FITC, anti-CD4-Alexa Fluor 700, anti-CD8-PE, anti-CD25-APC, mIgG1-APC, anti-CD45RA-PE, anti-CD45RA-PErCP-Cy5.5, anti-CD127-PE, anti-Foxp3-APC anti-Foxp3-Pacific Blue, anti-CCR7-Alexa Fluor 488, anti-Ki-67-Alexa Fluor 700, anti-CTLA-4-PE, anti-CTLA-4-PE-Cy7 (all Biolegend), anti-CD25-PE, anti-CD8-FITC, PE-Cy5-streptavidin, anti-CD86-biotin (all BD Bioscience) and viability dye (Thermo Fischer).
For di-4-ANEPPDHQ (ANE) staining, PBMC were incubated with 4 mM of ANE (Invitrogen) together with anti-CD4 APC-Cy7, anti-CD45RA BV510 and anti-CD25 APC (all from Biolegend) in RPMI medium for 30 min at 37°C and were immediately analysed by FACS.