The heart-infiltrating cells were isolated, as previously described (18 (link)). Briefly, the heart tissues were obtained and cut into pieces after which the tissue fragments were digested with 1 mg/mL of collagenase B (Roche 11088815001) or Collagenase Type 2 (Sangon Biotech A004174-0100) in HEPES buffer then rotated gently for 45 min at 37°C. In addition, cell suspensions were filtered with 70-μm cell strainers (BIOFIL) and Percoll (Beijing Solarbio Science & Technology Co., Ltd.) was used to purify heart mononuclear cells through density centrifugation.
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