Lymph nodes and spleen were disintegrated into single cells as previously described45 (
link) and stained for surface markers with the following antibodies: TCR-β (H57-597), B220 (R43-6B2),
CD4 (RM4-5), and
CD8 (53-6.7), and all were purchased from BD Biosciences (Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA) or eBioscience (San Diego, CA, USA).
Spleen cells were stimulated as previously described46 , and then stained for intracellular cytokines using a
Mouse FOXP3 Buffer Set (BD Biosciences). The following fluorochrome-conjugated antibodies were used: CD4 (GK1.5), CD25 (7D4), CD3 (145-2C11), FOXP3 (FJK-16s), RORγt (AFKJ-9),
IFNγ (XMG1.2), and
IL-17 (eBio17B7), and all were purchased from BD Biosciences or eBioscience.
Data was collected with a
FACSCanto instrument (BD Biosciences).
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