“…BDEC were grown in vitro as previously described in medium supplemented with Normocin (0.1 mg/ml, InvivoGen, San Diego, CA) (Rozich et al, 2010). PEC were maintained in a 1:1 mixture of RPMI 1640 (Gibco, Carlsbad, CA) and MCDB 153 (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) supplemented with sodium bicarbonate (1.9 g/L), sodium pyruvate (0.5%), fetal bovine serum (FBS) (5%, Hyclone, Logan, UT), epidermal growth factor (0.02 μg/ml, BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA), bovine pituitary extract (5 μg/ml, BD Biosciences), dexamethasone (2 mM in 95% EtOH), glutamine (1%), gentamycin (0.1 mg/ml, Gibco), ITS (0.25%, BD Biosciences), forskolin (2.5 μg/ml, Calbiochem, San Diego, CA) and Normocin.…”