Bone marrow cells were flushed and collected from femurs (n = 8 to 10 per group). An amount of 1 × 106 cells was plated per well in a 96-well plate. The staining was performed as described by Collins et al. (43 (link)). Briefly, cells were blocked with Fc block (Becton Dickinson Pharmingen, Franklin Lakes, NJ) for 15 min and then stained with antibodies to CD3 (catalog number 56-0032; eBioscience, San Diego, CA), CD4 (catalog number 11-0041; eBioscience, San Diego, CA), CD8a (catalog number 35-0081; eBioscience, San Diego, CA), GR1/Lys-6G (catalog number 53-5931; eBioscience, San Diego, CA), and CD11b (catalog number 12-0113; eBioscience, San Diego, CA) for 30 min. Then, cells were fixed and data were acquired using the Becton Dickinson LSRII flow cytometer. Data analysis was performed using the FlowJo software package (FlowJo, LLC).
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