“…The mice were sacrificed, and the lungs, liver, thymi, BM, spleen, and tumors aseptically removed. Non-parenchymal cells (NPCs) from the tumor, liver, and lungs were isolated following collagenase-deoxyribonuclease dissociation and Ficoll-Hypaque (FH) density gradient centrifugation [5,10,23,24]. White blood cell numbers were determined with a Scil Vet ABC Hematology Analyzer (Scil, Grayslake, IL).…”