A sample of EDTA anticoagulated whole blood was incubated with BD Tritest CD4FITC/CD8PE/CD3PerCP reagent, another with CD3FITC/CD19PE, and the third one with CD45FITC/CD14PE (all reagents of BD Biosciences) and isotype controls, according to the manufacturer’s instructions (Díaz et al., 2015 (link)). Stained cells were analyzed with a FACSAria II flow cytometer (BD Biosciences). The percentage of positive cells and the mean fluorescence intensity (arbitrary units) for a specific marker were calculated using FACSDiva software (BD Biosciences). For each sample, 30.000 events were recorded.
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