Rani, Dipti
Singh, Yogesh
Salker, Madhuri
Vu, Xuan Thang
Ingebrandt, Sven
Pachauri, Vivek http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3275-2429
Funding for this research was provided by:
Marie Curie Initial Training Network (317420)
Margarete von Wrangell (31-7635.41/118/3)
Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für Innovation (1082)
Article History
Received: 24 April 2020
Revised: 21 June 2020
Accepted: 14 July 2020
First Online: 28 July 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: Naïve CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells were isolated from C57BL/6 mice (male and female) between 8 and 16 weeks of age. All the animals were kept in standard housing conditions with 12± dark/light cycle and fed on a standard chow diet and had ad lib access to drinking water. All experiments were performed according to the EU Animals Scientific Procedures Act and the German law for the welfare of animals. All procedures were approved by local government authorities (Regierungspräsidium Tübingen - review committee according to §4 Animal Welfare Act on 29/05/2015 and 20/02/2017) of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. No drug treatment or in vivo experiments were performed on live animals.