Immunohistochemistry was performed using the IHC Staining Kit (Dako, Santa Clara, CA, USA). Tissue sections were deparaffinized in xylene (Thermo), hydrated in phosphate‐buffered saline (Welgene), and blocked with Background Reducing Solution (Dako). The sections were incubated with anti‐CASQ2 (#NBP1‐87304; NOVUS), anti‐aSMA (#BS70000; Bioworld Technology), anti‐FSP1 (#BS7671; Bioworld Technology), anti‐HIF1α (#NB100‐131; NOVUS), anti‐vimentin (#5741; Cell Signaling Technology), anti‐pan‐cytokeratin (#M3515; Dako), and anti‐ki67 (#9027; Cell Signal Technology) at 4 °C overnight, followed by incubation with horseradish peroxidase‐conjugated anti‐secondary antibody (Dako). The signal was developed using diaminobenzidine and hydrogen peroxide, resulting in a brown precipitate. The sections were counterstained with hematoxylin (Dako), dehydrated, and mounted. The DAB area was quantified using IHC Toolbox in ImageJ software (NIH) with 20 random histological fields from five slides of tumor tissues per group [22 (link)].
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