Single cell suspensions obtained from the intestinal mucosa or MLNs were stained and analyzed on FACSCanto II (Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA) using FlowJo software v10.8.2 (TreeStar, Ashland, OR, USA). The following antibodies were used: anti-B220 (RA3-6B2; BioLegend), anti-CD38 (90; BioLegend), anti-CD45 (30-F11; BioLegend), anti-GL7 (GL7; BioLegend), anti-CD138 (281-2; BioLegend), anti-CD4 (GK1.5; BioLegend), anti-CXCR5 (L138D7, BioLegend), anti-PD-1 (29F.1A12, BioLegend), anti-Siglec-F (E50-2440, BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA), anti-CD11c (N418, BioLegend), anti-I-A/I-E (M5/114.15.2, BioLegend), anti-IgE (RME-1, BioLegend), anti-CD103 (W19396D, BioLegend), anti-CD11b (M1/70, BioLegend), anti-IL-7Rα (A7R34, BioLegend), anti-CCR6 (29-2L17, BioLegend), anti-TCRβ (H57-597, BioLegend), and anti-TCRγδ (UC7-13D5, BioLegend). Dead cells were gated out using a Zombie NIR Fixable Viability Kit (BioLegend). Before staining, Fc receptors were blocked with an anti-CD16/32 antibody (2.4G2, BioLegend). Negative controls consisted of isotype-matched, directly conjugated, nonspecific antibodies (BD Biosciences). Intracellular staining was performed using anti-Foxp3 antibody (FJK-16s; Thermo Fisher Scientific) and anti-RORγt antibody (Q31-378; BD Biosciences), as described previously [29 (link)].
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