Characterization of immune cell subsets in the liver was performed essentially as described previously21 (link). The individual samples were analyzed with a LSRII/Fortessa flow cytometer (BD Biosciences) and the FlowJo software Vx (Treestar). All indicated antibodies and reagents were titrated to determine optimal concentrations. CompBeads (BD) were used for single-color compensation to create multi-color compensation matrices. For gating, fluorescence minus one controls were used. The instrument calibration was controlled daily using cytometer setup and tracking beads (BD). Single cell suspensions were created using the Miltenyi Liver Dissociation Kit (No. 130-105-807) and the GentleMACS isolator (Miltenyi) using standard protocols. The following antibodies were used: anti-CD3-PE-CF594, anti-CD4-V500, anti-CD11c-AlexaFluor700, anti-CD19-APC-H7, anti-CD326 (EPCAM)-BV711, anti-Ly6C-PerCP-Cy5.5 (all from BD), anti-CD8-eFluor650, anti-CD11b-eFluor605NC (eBioscience), anti-CD45-VioBlue, anti-CD49b-PE, anti-MHC-II-APC (Miltenyi), anti-F4/80-PE-Cy7, anti-Ly6G-APC-Cy7 (Biolegend). A gating strategy is provided in the supplementary material and methods (Fig. S1).
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