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. 2020 Mar 20;21:14. doi: 10.1186/s12865-020-00343-2

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Gating strategy for the different B lymphocyte subtypes from whole blood. The lymphocyte gate was based on FSC and SSC characteristics, followed by a gating of lymphocyte singlets by FSC-H and FSC-A. Plasmablasts (PB) were defined as being CD19 + CD24-CD38++CD27 + CD20-, pre-plasmablasts (pre- PB) as CD19 + CD24-CD38++CD20+ and transitional B cells (TB) as CD19 + CD24++CD38++. The naïve B cells were defined as CD19 + CD27-IgD+ excluding the TB. The switched memory B cells (SM) were defined as CD19 + CD27 + IgD-, the non-switched memory B cells (NSM) were defined as CD19 + CD27 + IgD+, and the double negative memory B cells (DNM) were defined as CD19 + CD27-IgD-. All B cell subtypes were analyzed for CD86 and BTLA expressions, expressed as mean fluorescence intensity (MFI)