“…Animals were injected subcutaneously in the interscapular region with an optimal concentration of 5 × 10 4 of cells in 1 ml of culture medium (DMEM, 10% FCS, and an antibiotic mixture of 100 μg/ml penicillin-streptomycin and 32 μg/ml gentamicin). The tumors were removed aseptically, freed of necrotic material, minced with scissors and frozen in culture medium with 20% DMSO [40]. Spleen, lungs, kidneys, heart, blood, liver, and enlarged lymph nodes were washed with sterile PBS, cut into small pieces and frozen in culture medium with 20% DMSO for subsequent RT-PCR and immunofluorescence experiments.…”