“…After 3 days of co-culture, CD3 + T cells were treated with cell stimulation cocktail (×500; eBioscience, San Diego, California, USA), as the manufacturer's instructions, to induce CD3 + T cells activation and cytokine secretion. Then, we evaluated the IL-4, IFN-γ, IL-17 and forkhead box protein 3 (FoxP3) levels by flow cytometry using the following monoclonal antibody panel: CD3-APC-H7, CD8-V500, CD25-PE/Cy7, IL-4-PE, IFN-γ-peridinin chlorophyll cyanin 5.5 (PerCPCy5.5), IL-17-FITC and FoxP3-APC (BD Biosciences) [5,[28][29][30]. The immunophenotyping of T cell subsets, including Th1, Th2, Th17, Tc1, Tc2 and regulatory T cells (Tregs), were in keeping with our previous studies [5,[28][29][30][31].…”