For BrdU analysis, mice were injected with 5-bromo-2′-deoxyuridine (BrdU) 2 hours prior to euthanasia and immunohistochemistry was performed as previously described [54 (link)]. In Situ Apoptosis Detection Kit (EMD Millipore, Billerica, MA) was used according to the manufacturer's instructions for TUNEL staining. For both proliferation and apoptosis, quantification of positive epithelial cells at 400X magnification was completed by counting at least three independent fields per slide from at least three different tumors from each group.
Standard procedures were used for staining of F4/80 (eBiosciences, San Diego, CA), Arginase I (BD), iNOS (BD Biosciences) and CD8a (BD Biosciences), with the number of positive cells counted in at least three independent fields per slide from at least three different tumors per group. CD31 (Dako, Carpinteria, CA) was stained using standard procedures and quantified using image J software to calculate area stained in at least three independent fields per slide from at least three different tumors from each group.