Spleen, mesenteric lymph node (mLN), and ankle joints were processed for flow cytometry as we previously described [13 (link)]. The following antibodies were used for surface molecular staining: BV510-anti-CD45 (30F11), FITC-CD4 (JK1.5), FITC-Lineage (CD3/GR-1/CD11b/CD45R/TER-119), BV421-CD127 (A7R34), PerCP/Cy5.5-KLRG1 (2F1), PE-ST2 (RMST2-2), APC-ICOS (C398.4A), APC-NK1.1 (PK136), PerCP/Cy5.5-Ly6G(1A8), FITC-CD11b(M1/70), APC-F4/80 (BM8, all from BioLegend), and PE-SiglecF (1RNM44N, eBioscience). For intracellular staining, cells were fixed and permeabilized by the FoxP3/Transcription Factor Staining Buffer (eBioscience) and then stained with PE/Cy7-anti-T-bet (4B10), PE-anti-RORγt (AFKGS-9), PerCP/Cy5.5-IFN-γ (XMG1.2, BD Biosciences), APC-IL-4 (11B11, BioLegend), and AF647-IL-17A (TC11-18H10, BD Biosciences) at 4°C for 30 min. In some experiments, mLN cells and splenocytes were plated on a 12-well plate and incubated with cell activation cocktail (with Brefeldin A, BioLegend) at 37°C for 4 h before staining.
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