Thymus cell suspensions were prepared and stained as described (Hager-Theodorides et al., 2005 (link)) using combinations of the following directly conjugated antibodies at concentration of 1:100: (from BD Pharmingen) anti-γδPE (catalogue no. 553178); from eBioscience: anti-TCRβFITC (catalogue no. 11-5961-85), antiCD3PE (catalogue no. 12-0031-82), anti-CD24PE (catalogue no. 12-0241-82) and anti-CD69FITC (catalogue no. 11-0691-85); (from Biolegend) anti-CD3FITC (catalogue no. 100204), anti-CD5FITC (catalogue no. 100605), anti-Qa2FITC (catalogue no. 121709), anti-CD4APC (catalogue no. 116014), anti-CD5PE (catalogue no. 100607), anti-CD8PerCP/Cy5.5 (catalogue no. 100734), anti-CD4PerCP/Cy5.5 (catalogue no. 100539) and anti-CD8APC (catalogue no. 100712). Data were acquired on a C6 Accuri flow cytometer (BD Biosciences) and analysed using FlowJo software. Live cells were gated by FSC and SSC profiles. Data represent at least three experiments.
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