“…Immunohistochemistry and immuno uorescence assay. The biotin-streptavidin horseradish peroxidase (HRP) detection system (ZSGB Bio, China) was used for IHC staining as previously described 22 . In brief, primary rabbit antibody against ADAMTS12 (24934-1-AP, Proteintech, China, 1:1200), VEGF (19003-1-AP, Proteintech, China, 1:2000), cleaved caspase-3 (Cell Signaling Technology, Massachusetts, USA, 1:800), Ki67 (Cell Signaling Technology, Massachusetts, USA, 1:300), and CD31 (Cell Signaling Technology, Massachusetts, USA, 1:200) were incubated with the specimens at 4°C overnight.…”