mAbs specific for mouse CD3 (clone 145-2C11), CD28 (clone 37.51), or CTLA-4 (clone UC10-4B9) were purchased from Biolegend, as were flourophore-conjugated anti-CD4 (Clone GK1.5), -CD8 (53-6.7), -Foxp3 (clone FJK-16s), -CD25 (Clone PC61), -CD44 (Clone IM7) and –GITR (Clone DTA-1) mAbs. Anti-human CD3 mAb (OKT3) was purified in-house. Polyclonal anti-PKC-θ (sc-212), anti-PKC-η (C-15 and sc-215), anti-PAK (N-20 and sc-882), anti-NFATc1 (7A6), anti-lamin B (M-20), and anti-α-tubulin (TU-02) Abs were obtained from Santa Cruz Biotechnology. Anti-p65 (NF-κB), anti-GIT2 and -αPIX Abs were obtained from Cell Signaling Technology. Anti-Foxp3 Abs (clone 150D/E4 for immunoblotting and clone FJK-16s for flow cytometry) were purchased from eBiosciences. Alexa-647-conjugated anti-mouse Ig and Alexa-555-conjugated anti-rabbit Ig were obtained from Molecular Probes. Digitonin was obtained from EMD Chemicals. Calf intestinal alkaline phosphatase was purchased from New England Biolabs. Recombinant CD86-Fc was previously described46 (link).