Peripheral mouse blood cells and the splenocytes (fresh or stimulated) were stained with indicated combinations of antibodies plus H-2Db/AFP212 or H-2Kb-Db/AFP499 tetramers. For tetramer staining after re-stimulation with peptide in the media, the stimulated cells need 12 hours rest to recover the TCR. DAPI was added to exclude dead cells. Intracellular staining of IFNγ was conducted as described (24 (link)) after the cells were re-stimulated with peptides in the presence of GolgiStop for 3.5 hours. Events were collected on the LSR II and the data was analyzed using FCS Express III software. The antibodies used in this study include antibodies to mouse CD8 (Clone: 53-6.7, Biolegend), CD45.1 (Clone: A20, Biolegend), CD45.2 (Clone: 104, BD Bioscience), CD44 (Clone: 1M7, Biolegend), CD62L (Clone: MEL-14, Biolegend), CD127 (IL-7Ra) (Clone: A7R34, Biolegend), PD-1 (Clone: 29F.1A12, Biolegend), CCR7 (Clone: 4B12, Biolegend), CD122 (IL-2Rβ) (Clone: TM-β1, Biolegend), Sca-1 (Clone: D7, Biolegend,), CD95 (Clone: SA367H8, Biolegend), IFN-γ (Clone: XMG1.2, Biolegend), Bcl-2 (Clone: BCL/10C4, Biolegend), H-2K b/H-2Db (Clone: 28-8-6, Biolegend), TCRβ (Clone: H57-597, BD Bioscience). The Annexin-V and DAPI (4,6-diamidino-2 phenylinole dilactate) were from Biolegend.