B cell isolation was performed as previously described [8 , 10 (link)]. Briefly, PBMCs were obtained by Ficoll density gradient centrifugation and incubated with PE-, APC and BV421-conjugated tetramers (10 μg/mL in PBS plus 2% FBS, for 30 min at room temperature). The tetramer-stained cells were enriched using anti-PE and-APC Ab-coated paramagnetic beads and then stained with anti-CD19-PerCpCy5.5 (BD Biosciences) mAbs. Stained samples were collected on an ARIA Cell Sorter Cytometer (BD Biosciences) and single CD19+ CD3 PE+ APC+ BV421 tetramer cells were collected in individual PCR tubes.
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