Lag 3 apc

PBMCs were incubated with directly conjugated antibodies for 30 min at 4°C. The cells were washed before flow cytometry analysis. Antibodies used included anti-human CD3-BV786, CD4-APC-Fire750, CD8-BV510, CD45RA-AF700, CD70-PE, PD-1-BV711, 2B4-FITC, CD160-AF488, TIM-3-BV650, CD95-PE-CY7 (BD Biosciences, San Diego, CA, USA), CCR7-BV421, HLA-DR-AF700, CD38-BV421, CD28-BV711, CD27-BV650 (BioLegend, San Diego, CA, USA), TIGIT-PE-Cy7, LAG-3-APC (Ebioscience, San Diego, CA, USA) and the corresponding isotype controls. Data acquisition was performed on an LSR Fortessa flow cytometer (BD Biosciences), and data was analyzed with FlowJo software (Tree Star, Ashland, OR, USA).

PBMCs were incubated with directly conjugated antibodies for 30 min at 4°C. The cells were then washed before flow cytometric analysis. Antibodies used were anti-human CD3-BUV737, CD4-BUV395, PD-1-BV711, CD38-FITC, GITR-BV605 (BD Biosciences, San Diego, CA, USA), CD8-BV510, CTLA-4-BV786, OX40-APC-Fire750, 4-1BB-BV421, HLA-DR-AF700 (BioLegend, San Diego, CA, USA), TIGIT- PE-Cy7, LAG-3-APC, ICOS-PE, (Ebioscience, San Diego, CA, USA), and the corresponding isotype controls. Data acquisition was performed on an LSR Fortessa flow cytometer (BD Biosciences), and data analysis was performed using FlowJo Software (Tree Star, Ashland, OR, USA).

All experiments and assays were performed on freshly isolated samples. Isolated PBMCs were incubated with directly conjugated fluorescent antibodies for 30 min at 4 °C. The cells were washed before flow cytometry analysis. Monocytes were separated from other cells by gating on CD3/15/19⁻ cells combined with forward scatter (FSC)/ side scatter (SSC) characteristics and CD45 expression. The gating strategy used is shown in Fig. S1. Antibodies used included anti-human CD160-Alexa Fluor 488, CD4-APC-Fire750, CD8-BV510, HLA-DR-Alexa Fluor 700, CD14-APC, PD-1-PE, 2B4-PE-CF594, CD16-BV711, TIM-3-BV650, CD200R-PE, BTLA-BV650, CD45-BV786 (BD Biosciences, San Diego, CA, USA), CX3CR1-BV421, CD3-PerCP-Cy5.5, CD15-PerCP-Cy5.5, CD19-PerCP-Cy5.5, CD29-Alexa Fluor 488, CD62L-BV650, CD11b-BV605, CCR2-PE (BioLegend, San Diego, CA, USA), TIGIT-PE-Cy7, and LAG-3-APC (eBioscience, San Diego, CA, USA), along with the corresponding isotype controls. BD Trucount Tubes (BD Biosciences), combined with specific antibodies (CD45/3/4/8 cocktail; BD Biosciences), were used to determine the absolute counts of leukocytes in the blood with flow cytometry according to the manufacturer’s instructions. The absolute numbers (cells per microliter) of leukocytes and T cells were determined by comparing cellular and bead events.