“…Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was performed on paraffin sections using an avidin-biotinylated peroxidase enzyme complex (ABC) based kit (Vector Labs, Burlingame, CA) with 3-amino-9-ethylcarbazole (AEC) or 3, 3’-diaminobenzidine (DAB) chromogenic substrates (Vector Labs), as described in more detail previously [22]. Primary antibodies included: Rabbit polyclonal anti-cytokeratin 14 (Covance, Berkeley, CA, USA), rabbit polyclonal anti-Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) (Santa Cruz, CA, USA), rabbit polyclonal anti-ß-catenin (H-102, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA, USA), rabbit anti-nuclear factor IC (NFIC; a gift from Dr. J.C. Park, Seoul National University, Korea) [88], rabbit polyclonal anti-dentin sialoprotein (DSP) LF-153 (a gift from Dr. Larry Fisher, NIDCR/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA)[89], rat anti-tissue nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNAP, R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA)[90], rabbit polyclonal anti-collagen type 1a1 (COL1A1) LF-68 (a gift from Dr. Larry Fisher)[91], rabbit polyclonal anti-collagen type 12 (COLXII) KR-33 (a gift from Dr. Manual Koch, University of Cologne, Germany)[92], rabbit polyclonal anti-bone sialoprotein (BSP; a gift from Dr. Renny Franceschi, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA)[70], polyclonal rabbit anti-osteopontin (OPN) LF-175 (a gift from Dr. Larry Fisher, NIDCR/NIH)[70], and rabbit polyclonal anti-periostin (POSTN; Abcam, Cambridge, MA).…”