Anti cd11c

Portions of the liver were excised and fixed immediately with 4% formaldehyde at room temperature. Paraffin-embedded tissue sections were cut into 4 μm slices and placed on slides. Sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin or Sirius red, according to standard procedures. Anti-F4/80, anti-CD11c, and anti-Ly6C antibodies were purchased from Cedarlane Laboratories (Burlington, Ontario, Canada), Invitrogen (Waltham, MA, USA), and Abcam (Cambridge, MA, USA), respectively. Positive areas for F4/80 and Sirius red were measured using ImageJ software Version 1.53t [45 (link)]. Histologic steatosis, lobular inflammation, and hepatocyte ballooning were assessed according to the criteria proposed by Kleiner et al. [46 (link)]. All histological analyses were performed by pathologists (K.Tsuneyama and M.I-S.), and the histological scores and grade were determined in a blinded manner.

Portions of the liver were excised and fixed immediately with 4% formaldehyde at room temperature. Paraffin-embedded tissue sections were cut into 4-μm slices and placed on slides. Sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin or Sirius red, according to standard procedures. Anti-F4/80, anti-CD11c, and anti-Ly6C antibodies were purchased from Cedarlane Laboratories (Ontario, Canada), Invitrogen, and Abcam (Cambridge, MA, USA), respectively. Positive areas for F4/80 and Sirius red were measured using ImageJ software [62 (link)]. Histologic steatosis, lobular inflammation, and hepatocyte ballooning were assessed according to the criteria proposed by Kleiner et al. [11 (link)]. All histological analyses were performed by pathologists (K.Tsuneyama and M.I.-S.), and the histological scores and grade were determined in a blinded manner.