Cryopreserved PBMC and/or single cell tumor samples were thawed and Treg subsets were assessed by flow cytometry as described before [19 (link)]. Antibodies and kits used were V500-labeled CD3 (clone UCHT1, BD Biosciences), AF700- or PE-Cy7-labeled CD4 (clone RPA-T4 and SK3 respectively, BD Biosciences), PE-CY7- or BV421-labeled CD25 (clone 2A3, BD Biosciences), BV650-labeled CD127 (clone A019D5, Biolegend), APC-H7-labeled CD45RA (clone HI100, BD Biosciences), PerCP-Cy5.5-labeled CD8 (clone SK1, BD Biosciences), PE-CF594- or Alexa Fluor 647-labeled Foxp3 (clone 259D/C7, BD Biosciences), BV421-labeled CTLA-4 (clone BNI3, BD Biosciences), FITC-labeled Ki67 (clone 20Raj1; eBiosciences), APC-labeled Helios (clone 22F6, Biolegend), PE-labeled Tbet (clone ebio4B10; eBiosciences), FITC-labeled CD14 (clone M5E2; BD Biosciences), LIVE-DEAD® Fixable yellow or near-IR dead cell stain kit (ThermoFisher Scientific), and the BD Transcription Factor Buffer set. Acquisition of cells was performed on a BD LSR Fortessa and flow cytometric sorting was done using a BD FACS Aria II. Data was analysed using DIVA software (version 8.02; BD Biosciences).
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