Ovalbumin (Catalog number A5503, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) was decontaminated of lipopolysaccharide using a Triton X-114 detoxification method60 (link) and tested with Pierce LAL chromogenic endotoxin quantitation kit (catalog number 88282, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA). Ovalbumin was labeled with Alexafluor 488 using Alexafluor 488 succimidyl ester labeling system (Catalog number A20100, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA). Ovalbumin was used in combination with poly(I:C) (catalog number VAC-PIC, Invivogen, San Diego, CA), and anti-CD40 (clone FGK4.5, BioXCell, West Lebanon, NH)61 (link),62 (link). For pathogen challenge, female C57BL/6 mice were injected with either 1 × 107 pfu/mouse of vaccinia virus western reserve strain expressing the Ovalbumin protein (VV-ova) intraperitoneally or 1 × 104 pfu/footpad24 (link) using the vaccinia virus western reserve strain with Ovalbumin labeled with Alexafluor 488. For anti-PDPN injection purified clone 8.1.14 (catalog number 127402, Biolegend, San Diego CA) was injected at 100 μg intravenously 4 h before ova-488 and 72 h later.
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