Table 1. Proteins identified by mass spectrometry.

Peptide sequence	Protein score (Mowse)	Identified protein	Remarks
MTCKMSQLER NIETIINTFH QYSVKLGHPD TLNQGEFKEL VRKDLQNFLK KENKNEKVIE HIMEDLDTNA DKQLSFEEFI MLMARLTWAS HEKMHEGDEG PGHHHKPGLG EGTP	330	S100A9	Reported role in inflammation
MLTELEKALN SIIDVYHKYS LIKGNFHAVY RDDLKKLLET ECPQYIRKKG ADVWFKELDI NTDGAVNFQE FLILVIKMAW QPTKKAMKKA TKSS	458	S100A8	Reported role in inflammation
MVHLTPEEKS AVTALWGKVN VDEVGGEALG RLLVVYPWTQ RFFESFGDLS TPDAVMGNPK VKAHGKKVLG AFSDGLAHLD NLKGTFATLS ELHCDKLHVD PENFRLLGNV LVCVLAHHFG KKFTPPVQAA YQKVVAGVAN ALAHKYH	207	beta globin chain variant	Beta globin chain
VLSPADKTNV KAAWGKVGAH AGEYGAEALE RMFLSFPTTK TYFPHFDLSH GSAQVKGHGK KVADALTNAV AHVDDMPNAL SALSDLHAHK LRVDPWNFKL LSHCLLVTLA AHLPAEFTPA VHASLDKFLA SVSTVLTSKY R	94	Chain C, T State Human Hemoglobin [alpha V96w]	Hemoglobin chain
RRPDFCLEPP YTGPCKARII RYFYNAKAGL CQTFVYGGCR AKRNNFKSAE DCMRTCGGA	113	Aprotinin	Protease inhibitor (synthetic)

Analysis of proteins identified by mass spectrometry. Sequences corresponding to the identified peptides are bolded. Score was based on molecular weight search (MOWSE) peptide-mass database. The results identified S100A8 and S100A9 as candidate proteins.