“…These slices were deparaffinized in xylenes and rehydrated through graded alcohols. Immunohistochemical staining was performed using automatic immunostaining instruments, either a Ventana Benchmark XT automated staining system (Ventana Medical Systems) or Dako Omnis system (Dako, Agilent Technologies, Carpinteria, CA, USA), according to the manufacturer's recommendations (13)(14)(15)(16)(17). Antigen retrieval was performed using Cell Conditioning Solution (CC1; Ventana Medical Systems) or EnVision FLEX Target Retrieval Solution, High pH (Dako, Agilent Technologies).…”