IHC was conducted with reference to previous studies (Liao et al., 2019 (link); Wu et al., 2020 (link)). Paraffin sections of mouse pancreatic tumors were subjected to a standard xylene and alcohol gradient for deparaffination, and then antigen retrieval was carried out through Citrate Antigen Retrieval solution (Solarbio, China). Streptavidin-Biotin Assay Kit (ZSGB-BIO, China) was used for endogenous peroxidase blockade and antibody incubation. Sections were incubated with primary antibodies, including anti-Ki67 antibody (Beyotime, China) and anti-Ly-6G/Ly-6C (Gr-1) antibody (BioLegend, United States). After overnight at 4°C, sections were incubated with Biotin-conjugated Goat Anti-Rat or Rabbit IgG (Proteintech, United States). Sections were subsequently coloured by using DAB kit (ZSGB-BIO, China) and stained with hematoxylin. The expression of Gr-1 and Ki67 was quantitatively analyzed using ImageJ Fiji software according to the previous protocol (Crowe and Yue, 2019 (link)).
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