“…Dichloromethane (p.a., Sigma-Aldrich) was dried according to literature procedures. 2-(Vinyloxy)ethyl methacrylate was synthesized per a modified procedure of Vysotskaya et al Dulbecco’s phosphate buffered saline (PBS, Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA), glass beads (1 mm diameter, P. Marienfeld GmbH, Lauda-Königshofen, Germany), ethanol (100% undenatured, Merck, Darmstadt, Germany), grass pollen extract ( Phleum pratense ), dust mite allergen ( Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus ), (both supplied from ALK-Abelló, Hamburg, Germany), Centrisart I tubes (Sartorius, Göttingen, Germany), Alexa Fluor 633 C5 maleimide (A20342), Alexa Fluor 633 protein labeling kit (A20170, Invitrogen), Ficoll Paque 1.077 g/mL (PAA Laboratories GmbH, Cölbe, Germany), IMDM (PAA Laboratories GmbH), LysoTracker Green DND-26 (Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR), Hoechst 33342 (Invitrogen), IL-4, TNF-α, and IL-1β (Miltenyi Biotec, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany), GM-CSF (Leukine; Immunex Corp., Seattle, WA), prostaglandin E2 (Cayman Chemical, Ann Arbor, MI), fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-conjugated HLA-DR (L243), phycoerythrin (PE)-conjugated CD80 (L307.4), CD83 (HB15e), CD86 (2331[FUN-1]), and mouse IgG isotype controls (all from BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA), antibody-coated paramagnetic MicroBeads (MACS, Miltenyi Biotec), AlexaFluor 647–conjugated CD4 (MT310; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA), [methyl- 3 H]thymidine ([3H]TdR; ICN, Irvine, CA), PE Annexin V and 7-AAD (BD Biosciences), and cellular antigen stimulation test (CAST-2000 ELISA; Bühlmann Laboratories AG, Schönenbuch, Switzerland) were used as purchased. All other chemicals and solvents were purchased by Acros Organics, Geel, Belgium.…”