30% sucrose, and embedded in optimal cutting temperature (OCT) medium, snap
frozen, and sectioned at 5 µm (Leica CM 1860). Tissue sections were
permeabilized and blocked prior to antigen retrieval with citrate buffer.
Sections were incubated with CD80 (1:500, #8679; ProSci) or CD163 (1:500, #163M;
Cell Marque) primary antibodies at 4°C overnight, Alexa Fluor 594–conjugated
secondary antibody (Life Technologies) for 2 hours at room temperature, and
4′6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) nuclear stain for 10 minutes. Antifade
mounting medium was added before cover-slipping. Confocal images were obtained
for 3 different areas (Zeiss LSM 700 Microscope, 40× oil immersion lens).
Serum-treated sections were used as negative controls. After the minimum and
maximum threshold values were set to eliminate nonspecific staining and artifact
on ImageJ software (National Institutes of Health), expression levels for CD80
and CD163 were determined as percent area per region of interest on high-powered
field. Median values were compared between samples.