Sections (4 μm) of paraffin-embedded placental tissue were stained as described [52 (link)] with antigen retrieval at pH6.0 for 20 min. Sections were incubated with antibodies against HIF-1α (Abcam, Cambridge, UK) at 2 μg/mL over night at 4 °C. IHC staining was detected using the ENVISION™ system (DAKO, Santa Clara, CA, USA) with NovaRED™ (Vector Labs, Burlingame, CA, USA) as the substrate. Tissue sections were counterstained with Harris haematoxylin. Images were captured using NIS Element software (Nikon, Tokyo, Japan) via Nikon Digital Sight (H550S, Nikon, Tokyo, Japan).
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