Cd15 fitc

Panel 1 included antibodies allowing the gating of PMN-MDSCs in the PBMCs and the analysis of expression of surface markers. It comprised of CD3-BV510, CD56-BV510, CD19-BV510, CD11b-APCH7, CD15-BV711, CD14-BV650, HLA-DR-BV605, CD10-PE-CF594 (Becton Dickinson), CD16-AF700 (BioLegend, Ozyme, Saint-Cyr-l’Ecole, France), CD33-PC7 (eBiosciences, Thermo Fisher), LIVE/DEAD fixable aqua (Life Technologies, Villebon-sur-Yvette, France). LOX-1-PE, CD11b-activated-PE (clone CBRM1/5) (Bio-Legend, Ozyme), CD62L-PE, CD66b-PE, PDL-1-BV421, CXCR1-PE, CD172ab-AF647 (BD Biosciences) were alternately included in Panel 1.
Panel 2 was used for functional analysis. It contained CD15-FITC (eBiosciences, Thermo Fisher), CD3-PC5 (BD Biosciences) and LIVE/DEAD near-IR (Live Technologies,). CD66b-PE, CD10-PE-CF594 and CD16-AF700 were occasionally added. PBMCs were stained 20 min at room temperature with fluorescent reagents pre-mixed in PBS, washed, then fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde and analyzed by FACS within 4 days on LSRII-SORP cytometer (BD Biosciences) equipped with four lasers (405 nm/100 mW, 488 nm/100 mW, 560 nm/50 mW and 630 nm/40 mW). PMT were set using unstained and fully stained samples. Compensations were performed with beads stained with corresponding reagents. Data were exported and analyzed with FlowJo (version 9-2, MacOS X).

The cells were stained with monoclonal antibodies to T-cell phenotype CD3 APC, CD4 PerCP Cy 5.5, CD8 APC Cy7, CD27 FITC, CD45RA PE (eBioscience, CA, USA). The cells were also stained with monoclonal antibodies to MDSC phenotype CD3 APC, CD19 APC, CD56 APC, HLA-DR APC e-fluor 780, CD33 PerCP Cy5.5, CD11b PE, CD14 PE Cy7, CD15 FITC (eBioscience, CA, USA). After 30 min of incubation with monoclonal antibodies, in the dark and at 4°C, the cells were washed with PBS and centrifuged. Living cells (based on forward and side scatter) were acquired in the FACS Canto II using the DIVA software (Becton Dickinson, USA). Further analyses of FACS data were performed using the 9.3 FLOWJO software (Tree Star, USA).
T lymphocytes were characterized as described previously (36 (link)).

Naïve: CD3⁺CD4⁺CD45RA⁺CD27⁺ or CD3⁺CD8⁺CD45RA⁺CD27⁺ (Naïve).

Central memory: CD3⁺CD4⁺CD45RA⁻CD27⁺ or CD3⁺CD8⁺CD45RA⁻CD27⁺ (CM).

Effector memory: CD3⁺CD4⁺CD45RA⁻CD27⁻ or CD3⁺CD8⁺CD45RA⁻CD27⁻ (EM).

Effector memory re-expressing CD45RA: CD3⁺CD4⁺CD45RA⁺CD27⁻ or CD3⁺CD8⁺CD45RA⁺CD27⁻ (EMRA).

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells were characterized as:

CD3⁻CD19⁻CD56⁻HLA⁻DR^−/lowCD33⁺CD11b⁺CD15⁺ granulocytic or

CD3⁻CD19⁻CD56⁻HLA⁻DR^−/lowCD33⁺CD11b⁺CD14⁺ monocytic.

For immunofluorescence staining of whole blood and PBMC, antibodies included CD45-ECD (Beckman Coulter, Indianapolis IN), CD3-e780, CD4-e450, CD8-AF700, CD15-FITC (eBioscience, San Diego, CA), CD45-FITC, CD4-PerCP-Cy5-5, CD14-PECy7, HLA-DR-APC, HLA-DR-BV421, CD8-APC-H7, CCR7-BV605, CD25-BV605, CD45RA-PECy7, CD45RO-APC-H7, CCR4-PECy7, CD38-APC, CD127-BV650 (BD Bioscience, San Jose, CA), CD14-AF700, and CD3-AF700 (Biolegend, San Diego, CA). For phosphoSTAT staining, antibodies included CD3-BV785 (Biolegend), CD4-BV605, CD8-BV510, CD14-PECy7, CD19-BV421, CD16-BV650, pSTAT3-647, pSTAT5-PE (BD Biosciences), and pSTAT1-488 (Cell Signaling Technologies, Danvers, MA). Cell types were identified according to the criteria of the Human Immunology Project [19 (link)], and a full list of antibodies used to identify individual cell types including those not reported here can be found in Additional file 2: Table S1. Hematological toxicity was graded according to NCI CTCAE v4.0 guidelines and is reported in Additional files 3 and 4: Tables S2 and S3.