FFPE sections were dewaxed and rehydrated as routine. Heat-induced epitope retrieval was conducted in a water bath at 95 °C in
antigen retrieval buffer (R&D Systems Inc., Minneapolis, MN) for 10 min. After immediate cooling, the sections were blocked with 3% BSA in PBS for 45 min. Samples were incubated overnight at 4 °C with a final concentration of 5–10 μg/mL of metal-conjugated antibody cocktails diluted in PBS/0.5% BSA (
Table 1). Samples were then washed with 2× PBS/0.1% Triton X-100 and 2× PBS and exposed to 25 μM
Ir-Intercalator (Fluidigm) for 30 min at RT for nuclei staining. The samples were rinsed twice in distilled water and air-dried before IMC analysis.
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