Monocyte separation was conducted as described previously [19 (link)]. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from a 30 ml Lithium-heparin-anti-coagulated blood sample by Ficoll-based density gradient centrifugation. Magnetic cell sorting (autoMACS, Miltenyi Biotec, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) using CD14 and CD16 MicroBeads (Miltenyi Biotec, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) was performed to deplete CD16++ monocytes and to isolate CD14++ CD16monocytes, followed by flow cytometry after incubation with FITC anti-human CD14 Antibody (BioLegend, San Diego, USA) to ensure purity of the isolated cells.
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