“…Monocytes (Mo) were isolated from PBMC using the anti-CD14 mAb (MEM18, IgG1, Exbio, Prague, CZ) and EasySep custom Kit (StemCell Technologies, Inc.) according to manufacturer's instructions, with recovery of > 97% CD14 positive cells. 36 The human CRC cell lines HT29, HCT15, HCT116, SW48, SW480, SW620, Colo741, Colo205, Colo320, CaCo2, LS180, WiDr, LoVo and DLD1 were obtained from the Biological Bank and Cell Factory of the IRCCS AOU San Martino IST (Genoa, Italy) and maintained in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 10% FCS and 1% L-glutamine (Gibco). T cells were cultured in RPMI 1640 complete medium with or without irradiated CRC cells or TAF, or CRC15-045 cell line, at a ratio of 1:10, or Mo (Mo:T ratios from 1:10 to 1:80), untreated or exposed for 24 h to zoledronic acid (Zol 5 mM, kindly provided as sodium salt by Novartis Pharma, Basel, Switzerland, MTA 37318); the dose was selected on the basis of the effectiveness on gd T cells proliferation from PBMCs cultures and absence of toxic effects according to the literature and our previous data.…”