Full length (101 amino acids) recombinant HIV-1 MN Tat was produced in the Escherichia coli expression system and purchased from ImmunoDiagnostics (Catalog. 1032; Woburn, MA, United States). CU-CPT22, OxPAPC, LPS, and Amlexanox were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. CXCR3 antagonist AMG487 was obtained from Tocris Bioscience (Bristol, United Kingdom). The concentrations of these inhibitors were based on the concentration curve study and our previous reports (Niu et al., 2019 (link)). Cell Tracker Green CMFD was purchased from Invitrogen. Mouse CXCL10 Recombinant Protein was purchased from Invitrogen. Human CXCL10 Recombinant Protein and human CXCL10/IP-10 DuoSet Kit were obtained from R&D Systems (Minneapolis, MN, United States).
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