Frozen placental tissue samples were homogenized in liquid nitrogen and lysed in cell lysis buffer (Beyotime Biotechnology, Shanghai, China). Protein content was measured with the BCA kit (Beyotime Biotechnology, Shanghai, China). The Western blot analysis steps were conducted according to previously reported methods [38 (link)]. Primary antibodies against SIRT1(1:1000, 9475S, CST, Danvers, MA, USA) and GAPDH (1:1000, abs132004, Absin, Shanghai, China) were used in this study. Blots were analyzed with ImageJ software (NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA).
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