DCs were isolated from mouse bone marrow as previously described 10 (link), 20 (link). Bone marrow mononuclear cells were cultured in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 10% FBS, 20 ng/ml recombinant murine granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rmGM-CSF), and 20 ng/ml recombinant murine interleukin (rmIL)-4 (both from Peprotech, Inc) for 7 days. The images of immature bone marrow-derived DCs (BMDCs) were captured using an inverted light microscope (Olympus Corporation). Immature BMDCs were incubated with CD11c MicroBeads UltraPure (Miltenyi Biotec, Inc.) for 20 min at 4°C following the manufacturer's instructions. The positive fraction containing CD11c+ cells was analyzed by flow cytometry.
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