“…Cryosections (10 -20 m) were fixed with cold acetone for 5 min, treated with 0.05% Tween 20-PBS containing 1% BSA and 5% mouse serum, and stained with the following Abs: biotin anti-H ϩ / K ϩ -ATPase (1H9) (12), biotin anti-CD3, FITC anti-B220, anticomplement receptor 1 (CR1), anti-peripheral node adressin (PNAd), antisyndecan-1 (BD PharMingen, San Diego, CA), anti-platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1; Caltag, Burlingame, CA), anti-ER-TR7 (Serotec, Oxford, U.K.), anti-Mac-1 (Immunotech, Luminy, France), biotin anti-CXC chemokine ligand 13 (CXCL13), biotin anti-CC chemokine ligand 21 (CCL21) (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN), FITC antimouse IgM, PE anti-mouse IgD (Southern Biotechnology, Birmingham, AL), or FITC anti-mouse IgG (Jackson ImmunoResearch Laboratories, West Grove, PA). PE anti-rat IgG Ab (Caltag), biotin anti-mouse IgM Ab (BD PharMingen), PE streptavidin, and APC streptavidin (Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR) were used as the secondary reagents.…”