The immunohistochemistry assay was performed according to Yin et al. (26 (link)). The sections were incubated with the primary antibody of CD68 (Ab955, 1: 100, Abcam, Cambridge, UK) at 4 °C overnight and horseradish peroxidase labeled goat anti-mouse IgG antibody (A205719, 1:200, Abcam, Cambridge, UK) at room temperature for 1 h. The color reaction was performed with diaminobenzidine chromogen solution (Dako, Carpinteria, USA). Brown-yellow particles represented the positive expression of CD68 protein and the blue particles represented the nucleus stained by hematoxylin (Sigma, USA).