Ab230879

Immunohistochemical analysis of the HB tissue samples was performed with a standard procedure. Tissue sections were incubated with primary antibodies against ARID1B (Abcam, ab57461) and HOXA3 (Abcam, ab230879) at 4°C overnight.

The sections were dewaxed, antigen-retrieved, and blocked. Then, specific antibodies (anti-HOXAs: HOXA1: ab230513; HOXA2: ab229960; HOXA3: ab230879; HOXA10: ab191470, Abcam) covered the sections at 4 °C overnight. After washing three times with PBS, specific secondary antibodies covered the sections for 1 h at 37 °C with horseradish peroxidase, then immersed in diaminobenzidine (DAB) and counterstained with hematoxylin for 2 min. A microscope (BX50/BX-FLA/DP70, OLYMPUS) was used to observe the staining signals. ImageJ Pro (Media Cybernetics, USA) was used by a technician (blinded to the experimental groupings) to quantify the integrated optical densities.