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Activation and Migration of PBMCs

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Cell migration assay was conducted using 24-well insert (Costar) with 5-µm pores. PBMCs from normal, healthy donors were activated with either CPG-ODN, a synthetic TLR9 agonist (Invitrogen), or Phytohemagglutinin (PHA) (Sigma) or anti-human IgM (Jackson Immuno Research) and anti CD40 monoclonal antibody, clone B-B20 (BioSite).
The activation status of the cells was then investigated by measuring CD69 expression on CD19+ and CD3+ PBMCs by Flow cytometry prior to migration assay. After 2 days of activation, 0.5 × 106 PBMCs were added in the upper insert of the migration plates whereas 0.6 ml of supernatant from HIV-1 exposed or non-exposed FDCs were added in the lower insert. After 4 h at 37 °C, the inserts were removed, the cells collected from the lower wells and counted in a hemacytometer. Thereafter, the migrated cells were fixed with 2 % PFA and the frequency of CD19 and CD3 positive cells among migrated cells was evaluated.
The monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) used to identify and characterize the PBMCs in the migration assay are PE anti-CD69, FITC and PE anti-CD19, APC and FITC anti-CD3, PE and FITC isotype antibodies all purchased from BD Bioscience.
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Detailed Immunological Reagent Preparation

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PMOC (>97% purity) was prepared as described in Supplementary Figure S1. TLR agonists including CpG ODN were purchased from Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA, USA), rhTAK1-TAB1 or other protein kinases from SignalChem (Richimond, Canada), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits and cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1α, HMGB-1) from R&D Systems (Minneapolis, MN, USA), and 2′,3′-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)-adenosine triphosphate (TNP-ATP) from Life Technology (Bangalore, India). Primary and secondary antibodies were purchased from Cell Signaling Technology (Danvers, MA, USA) or BioLegend (San Diego, CA, USA). Escherichia coli LPS and other materials were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St Louis, MO, USA) unless otherwise specified.
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TLR Reporter Cell Line Assay

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A TLR reporter cell line system that monitored TLR activity using secreted embryonic alkaline phosphatase (SEAP) induced by NF-κB and AP-1 activation was used. HEK-Blue™ Detection (InvivoGen) reacts with SEAP to turn the medium color purple/blue, and the color intensity can be measured with a spectrophotometer. The TLR reporter cell lines (InvivoGen) were cultured in DMEM containing 10% FBS and 1× antibiotics. When the cells reached 80% confluent, they were washed with PBS, and detection medium was added to harvest the cells using a scraper. Cells (5 × 104 cells/well; 180 μl) were seeded in a 96-well plate, and 20 μl of PBS, samples, PAM3 (Invitrogen, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA), LPS (Invitrogen), poly I:C (Invitrogen), flagellin (Invitrogen), R848 (Invitrogen), or CpG-ODN (Invitrogen) was added to each well. Then, the cells were cultured at 37 °C, 5% CO2, and 90% humidity for 20 h, and the absorbance at 630 nm was recorded.
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Synthesis and Purification of DP2-11 Peptide

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DP2-11 was synthesized by using fluorenyl-methyloxycarbonyl (Fmoc) chemistry at the Shanghai Science Peptide Biological Technology Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China). The synthesized peptides were purified by high-performance liquid chromatography to obtain 95% purity, and their molecular weights were confirmed by mass spectrometry. The peptide powder was reconstituted in sterile water at a concentration of 10 mg/ml and stored at −20 °C. CpG ODN (murine TLR9 agonist, 5′-tccatgacgttcctgacgtt-3′) contains a full phosphorothioate backbone and was synthesized by Invitrogen Life Technologies. The CpG ODN powder was dissolved in sterile water at a concentration of 5 mg/ml and then stored at −20 °C until use. The aluminum hydroxide gel adjuvant (alum) was obtained from Brenntag Biosector, Frederikssund, Denmark. The NY-ESO-1 antigen, in which the endotoxin level was approximately 0.02 EU/μg, was purified via four process steps including Ni-chelating Sepharose affinity chromatography (GE Healthcare, Piscataway, NJ), excision of the Trx-His6-tag, removal of the Trx-His6-tag with second Ni-chelating Sepharose affinity chromatography, and Q-ion-exchange chromatography (GE Healthcare, Piscataway, NJ). Endotoxin-free ovalbumin (OVA) was purchased from InvivoGen.
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CpG-ODN Adjuvant Immunization Protocol

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CpG-ODN were purchased from Invitrogen or Genomics Biosci and Tech. Ovalbumin and aluminum hydroxide gel were purchased from Invivogen. Freund’s complete adjuvant and incomplete adjuvant were purchased from Thermo Scientific. Luciferase assay reagents were purchased from Promega.
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Hepatitis B Vaccine Formulations Evaluation

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Twelve mice were randomly divided into 4 groups containing 3 mice each. Hepatitis B vaccine from Pasteur Institute of Iran (IRC 1228070570), which contained recombinant Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (rHBs-Ag) as immunogen and aluminum potassium sulfate (alum) as adjuvant was injected into three mice in group A. In group B, CFA (Sigma–Aldrich Co. Germany) was added to HBsAg plus alum. In group C, the mixture of HBsAg plus alum and oligodeoxynucleotides containing CpG motifs (CpG-ODN) (Invitrogen Co. USA) was used to immunize the mice, and the fourth group (D) were injected with Phosphate-Buffer-ed Saline (PBS) to serve as control. Therefore 4 groups were (HBsAg+Alum), (HBsAg+Alum)+FA, (HBsAg+ Alum)+CpG and control groups 22 (link),23 (link).
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