Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were obtained from 100 ml of total blood collected in EDTA from jugular vein at day 0 prior to infection and days 3, 7 and 15 post-BTV infection. The samples were purified using Ficoll cushion (GE Healthcare) purification method as described in (36 (link)). PBMCs were frozen as described in (36 (link)). When necessary, PBMCs were cultured in PBMC culture medium (RPMI supplemented with 10% FBS (Sigma), 4 mM L-glutamine, 10 mM HEPES, 1% 100X non-essential aminoacids, 1 mM sodium pyruvate, 100U/mL penicillin/100 μg/mL streptomycin and 50nM β-mercaptoethanol (all from Invitrogen)).
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