“…Tissues were fixed, embedded in paraffin, sectioned (5 µm thick) and stained with haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and Masson’s trichrome. The methods was performed as previously described 57 . Antibodies were used against the following targets: β-galactosidase (β-gal) (1:100 dilution, Santa Cruz, USA), p16 (1:100 dilution, CST, USA), p38 (1:50 dilution, Abcam, USA), E-cadherin (1:100 dilution, BD Biosciences, USA), vimentin (1:100 dilution, CST, USA) and SIRT1 (1:200 dilution, Abcam, USA).…”