Tumors were excised and digested postmortem using a cocktail of 1 mg/ml collagenase type IV (Sigma-Aldrich) and 0.02 mg/mL DNaseI (Sigma-Aldrich). After digestion at 37 °C for 30 min, cells were passed through a 70 μm filter twice. Cells were then analyzed for various functional parameters including cytokine production by flow cytometry directly ex vivo as previously described [41 (link)].
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