Flow cytometry was performed as previously described [38 (link)]. Briefly, cells were incubated with LIVE/DEAD Fixable cell stain (Invitrogen), then stained for 20 min with: MHCII-PacificBlue, F4/80-APC (Biolegend), CD4-AF700, CD8-PacificBlue, CD25-APC, CD86-APC, CD49b-Pe-Cy7 (eBioscience), CD11b-PE-Cy7, CD45R/B220-PerCP-Cy5.5 (BD-Pharmingen). For intracellular staining, the samples were stimulated for 3 h (100 ng/ml phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, 1 μg/ml ionomycin; monensin added after 1 h). Cells were fixed and permeabilized with Cytofix/Cytoperm (BD), then stained with IL-10-FITC, IFN-γ-PerCP-Cy5.5, IL-17-PE, FoxP3-AF488 (BD-Pharmingen) antibodies before analysis on LSRII flow cytometer (BD), collecting 100,000 live events. Data was analyzed using FlowJo (v7.6.5, Tree Star, Ashland, OR, USA).
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