C57BL/6J (B6) mice were obtained from Japan Slc Inc. (Hamamatsu); B6.SJL-ptprca (B6.SJL, Strain #: 4007) mice congenic at the CD45 locus (CD45.1+CD45.2) and Jh−/− mice (Strain #: 17758) were from Taconic. Il10rafl/fl (Strain #: 028146; Liu et al., 2012 (link)), CAG-EGFP (Strain #: 003291), Cd19-Cre (Strain #: 006785), Tlr4flox/flox (Strain #: 024872), and Rosa26-CreER (Strain #: 008463) mice were from Jackson Laboratories. Il-10 Venus and Il10fl/fl mice were used as previously reported (Atarashi et al., 2011 (link); Roers et al., 2004 (link)). All mice were maintained in our specific pathogen–free animal facility, and all experiments using mice were approved by the Institutional Animal Care Committee of the Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
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