To assess whether CD4+ T cell enrichment was achieved, flow cytometry was performed in a BD LSRFortessa™ X-20 Cell Analyzer (BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA) on a subset of samples (before and after magnetic enrichment). The following antibodies were used: CD14-eFluor450 (#48014941, clone 61D3, eBioscience™, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA); CD19-Alexa Fluor 647 (#302222, clone HIB19, BioLegend, San Diego, CA, USA); CD3-PerCP-Cy5.5 (#45003741, clone OKT3, eBioscience™, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA); CD4-BV711 (#317439, clone OKT4, BioLegend, San Diego, CA, USA); and CD56-PE-Cy7 (#25056741, clone CMSSB/NCAM, eBioscience™, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA).
Regarding the gating strategy, CD4+ T cells were defined as CD3+CD4+CD19-CD56- single cells (see Supplementary Figs.