Cytokines
tumor necrosis, TNF-α
TUMOR NECROSIS
Serum inflammatory cytokines were assessed using the V-PLEX Pro-inflammatory Panel 1 Human Kit including interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), interleukin (IL)−6, IL-8, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) (K15049D, Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC, Rockville, MD, USA, range: IFN-γ: 0.37–938 pg/ml, IL-6: 0.06–488 pg/ml, IL-8: 0.07–375 pg/ml, IL-10: 0.04–233 pg/ml, TNF- α: 0.04–248 pg/ml, all samples were run in duplicate and data were within the range of the assay).