Immunohistochemical stainings of formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded tissues were performed after antigen retrieval (93 °C, 15 min at pH 6) and
peroxidase blocking (Agilent, Foster City, CA, United States) using the
UltraVision LP detection system (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, United States) according to the manual for cleaved caspase 3 antibody (9661, 1:50, Cell Signalling Technology, Denver, MA, USA) or
Ki67 antibody (12202, 1:400, Cell Signalling Technology, Denver, MA, USA).
AEC (3-amino-9-ethyl carbazole) chromogen (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, United States) was used for colour detection. Counterstaining with hematoxylin was done on all slides.
White adipocyte cell size was quantified by using an automated plugin for ImageJ (Adiposoft
99 (link)) and quantification of crown-like structures and cleaved caspase 3 positive cells was performed by using ImageJ. Liver lipid droplets in H&E sections were counted using VisioPharm version 2019.09.
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