A wild-type CD8+ dendritic cell line (MuTu1940) was established and cultured as described previously (22 (link),39 (link)). For ChIP-seq and ChIP-qPCR experiments, CD8+ dendritic cells (DCs) were treated for 90 min with 5 μg/ml of high molecular weight polyinosinic–polycytidylic acid (pIC, InvivoGen), 1 mM class B CpG oligonucleotide 1826 (CpG, InvivoGen) or 100 U/ml interferon-β (IFN-β, Millipore) or a combination of these ligands. The binding sites of IRF3, IRF5 and IRF9 were determined in DCs stimulated by pIC, CpG and IFN-β, respectively. The binding of cRel and Junb was determined in CpG-stimulated and unstimulated DCs. For gene expression qPCR experiments, CD8+ DCs were treated for 1.5, 3, 6 or 12 h with 5 μg/ml pIC, 1 mM CpG or 100 U/ml IFN-β.