“…Western blotting analysis of proteins in flap tissue was conducted as described previously ( Chen et al, 2020 ), including the following proteins: VEGF (1:1,000, ProteinTech), Cadherin 5 (1:1,000, Affinity), LC3II (1:500, ProteinTech), SOD1 (1:1,000, ProteinTech), C-CASP3 (1:1,000, CST), MMP9 (1:1,000, Abcam), SQSTM1/p62 (1:1,000, Abcam), Bax (1:1,000, ProteinTech), CTSD (1:1,000, ABclonal), HO-1 (1:1,000, ProteinTech), Bcl-2 (1:1,000, CST), eNOS (1:1,000, Abcam), VPS34 (1:1,000, ProteinTech), Beclin1 (1:1,000, ProteinTech), PI3K (1:1,000, ProteinTech), AKT (1:1,000, ProteinTech), p-PI3K (1:1,000, CST), p -Akt (1:1,000, CST), AMPK (1:1,000, CST), p -AMPK (1:1,000, CST), HIF-1α (1:1,000, Abcam), and GAPDH (1:1,000, ProteinTech). Finally, the intensity of Western blotting was quantified using Image Lab 3.0 software (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA).…”