“…For immunohistochemistry on fixed tissues, tissues were deparaffinized in xylene, followed by a graded series of ethanol exchanges, and rehydrated in PBS containing 0.2% Tween (PBST). The primary antibodies used were: rabbit anti-phosphorylated histone H3 (phospho-H3) (Upstate Biotechnology, Inc., Lake Placid, NY); rat anti-mouse endothelial cell marker, MECA-32 (Hallmann et al, 1995) (Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA); rabbit anti-mouse smooth muscle actin (SMA) (RB-9010-P, LabVision, Fremont, CA); goat anti-8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) (AB5830, Chemicon, Billerica, MA); rabbit anti-gH2AX (NB100-2280, Novus Biologicals, Littleton, CO); and rabbit anti-mouse Fbln5 (BSYN1923) (Zheng et al, 2007). All antibodies were used at a concentration of 5-10 mg/ml.…”