The abundance of TITreg cells was analyzed utilizing Opal 7-Colour Manual IHC Kit (PerkinElmer NEL811001KT) according to the manufacture’s protocol (14 (link)). In brief, the slides were incubated with Antibody Diluent blocking buffer (PerkinElmer) at room temperature (RT) for 10 min. The primary antibody for CD4 (Abcam, ab133616, 1:500) and FoxP3 (R&D, MAB8214, 1:400) were incubated at RT for 1 h. Then, a secondary HRP antibody were incubated at RT for 10 min. Signal amplification was performed using Opal 520 TSA (PerkinElmer) and incubated at RT for 10 min. Visualization of the slides was done using the Mantra Quantitative Pathology Imaging System (PerkinElmer) and analyzed using InForm Image Analysis software (PerkinElmer, version 2.1). The TITreg cell fraction in CD4+ cells were calculated and data were presented as mean ± SD.