Twelve-parameter flow cytometric analysis was performed on WB, LN, RB and BM derived cells according to standard procedures using a panel of monoclonal antibodies that we and others have shown to be cross-reactive with RM [35] (link)–[37] (link). Predetermined optimal concentrations were used of the following antibodies: anti-CD3-Alexa700 (clone SP34-2), anti-CD3-APC-Cy7 (clone SP34-2), anti-CD4-Pacific Blue (clone OKT4), anti-CD8-APC-Cy7 (clone SK1), anti-CD95-PE-Cy5 (clone DX2), anti-CCR5-APC (clone 3A9), anti-Ki-67-Alexa700 (clone B56), anti-Ki-67-FITC (clone B56), anti-CD14-Pe-Cy7 (clone M5E2), anti-CD16-BV421 (clone 3G8), anti-CD62L-PE (clone SK11), anti-CCR7-PE-Cy7 (Clone 3D12) (all from BD Pharmingen); anti-CD28-ECD (clone CD28.2) (Beckman Coulter); anti-CD8-Qdot705 (clone 3B5) and Aqua Live/Dead amine dye-AmCyan (Invitrogen). Intracellular staining for Ki-67 was performed at room temperature for 30 minutes following permeabilization with cytofix/cytoperm (BD Bioscience). Flow cytometric acquisition was performed on an LSRII cytometer driven by the FACS DiVa software. Analysis of the acquired data was performed using FlowJo software (TreeStar) and graphs were prepared using Prism version 6.0 (GraphPad).
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