PBMCs collected before and after 1 week of IFNa treatment were thawed and divided into multiple samples that were stained with separate antibody panels for myeloid-derived suppressor cell (MDSC), inhibitory/memory, regulatory T cell and dendritic cell (DC) markers, respectively (online supplementary table 1a). Dead cells were stained using Yellow ArC-Qdot585 (ThermoFisher, L34959).
Staining was carried out according to our standard protocols,24 (link) washed with Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) buffer, fixed in 1% paraformaldehyde and analyzed using a LSRFortessa X20 (BD Biosciences).
Staining of the regulatory T cell panel was conducted using the Transcription Buffer Set (BD Biosciences) as previously described.25 (link) FACS results were analyzed with BD FACSDiva software (V.8.02).