Stomach tissue collection was performed as described previously (10 (link)). Briefly, the stomachs were opened along the greater curvature. For histology, gastric strips from both the lesser and greater curvatures were fixed in formalin for paraffin sections. For DNA, gastric tissue was snap frozen in liquid nitrogen and extracted using the DNEasy Blood and Tissue Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA). For flow cytometry, gastric cells were digested using a modified version of the protocol described by Geem et al. (11 (link)), which utilizes 17.9 μg/ml Liberase TM (Cat #05401119001, Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Indianapolis, IN) instead of Type VIII collagenase. Immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence were performed as described previously (10 (link)), using antibodies against the following targets: calprotectin (#ab22506, Abcam); CD11b-AF594 (clone M1/70, #101254, BioLegend); Cxcr2-AF488 (#FAB2164G, R&D Systems); GSII-FITC lectin (#FL-1211, Vector Labs, Burlingame); H+/K+-ATPase-β (#D032-3, Medical and Biological Laboratories, Woburn, MA); intrinsic factor (gift from David Alpers, Washington University, St. Louis, MO); E-cadherin-FITC (#612130, BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA); E-cadherin-AF647 (#560062, BD Biosciences); and 4 Hydroxynonenal antibody (#ab46545, Abcam).
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