Figure 2

Immunohistochemical characterization of lymphocytic infiltration and hypoxia status by HIF-1α in the Apc^Min/+ mice tumors. A. Images acquired by microscopy of intestines from animals treated with PBS showing representative sections of tumor (GZMB, FOXP3) or normal small intestinal mucosa (CD3, CD8, CD56). Images with H-E stained overview, normal mucosa and tumor are also shown (top, left and middle three panels). B. Identifiable tumors were photographed and number of positive cells per area (n) in Rp-8-Br-cAMPS and PBS treated animals were counted using a grid. Tumors and normal tissue from all animals in each group were examined (see Additional file 2, Figure S1 for more representative images). Date are presented in Box plots with median (horizontal line); 25-75% (box) and 2.5-97.5% (bar) percentiles for each treatment group. C. The intensity of the HIF-1α staining was calculated as the mean inverse grayscale intensity of tumor area (n). A representative image from Rp-8-Br-cAMPS treated animal is shown (C; left panel) along with density staining data (C; right panel; Box plots presented as in B, n = 18-30 tumors examined). Mann-Whitney Rank Sum test was used to compare the groups in B and C; P < 0.05 was considered significant.