Table 1.

Host markers evaluated in this study.

Abbreviation	Full name
Reagent kits purchased from Merck Millipore, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
CRP SAA SAP ApoA1 C1q C3b/iC3b CC3 CC4 CFB CFH	C-reactive protein Serum amyloid A Serum amyloid P component Apolipoprotein A1 Complement component 1q Complement component 3b Complement component 3 Complement component 4 Complement factor B Complement factor H
Reagent kits purchased from R&D Systems, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Anti-thrombin III ADAMTS13 TGF-α IFN-γ IP-10 TNF-α, TNF-β Ferritin Myoglobin PCT Pentraxin 3 CCL1/I-309 MIG/CXCL9 VEGF VEGFR3 GDF-15 NCAM TNFRII RANTES PDGF-BB MCP-1 MDC G-CSF ICAM-1 VCAM-1 sCD40L MPO MMP-(1, 2, 9) CCL18 MIP-1α, MIP-1β IL-(22, 1β, 12(p40),12(p70), 2, 8, 13) IL-1Ra IL-4Ra IL-2Ra IL-6Ra	Anti-thrombin III A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with a thrombospondin type 1 motif, member 13 Transforming growth factor alpha Interferon gamma IFN-γ-inducible protein Tumor necrosis factor-(alpha), beta Ferritin Myoglobin Procalcitonin Pentraxin 3 Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 1 Monokine induced by gamma interferon Vascular endothelial growth factor Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3 Growth/differentiation factor 15 Neural cell adhesion molecule Tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 Regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted Platelet derived growth factor BB Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 Macrophage derived chemokine Granulocyte colony stimulating factor Intercellular adhesion molecule 1 Vascular cell adhesion protein 1 Soluble CD40 ligand Myeloperoxidase Matrix metalloproteinase Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 18 Macrophage inflammatory protein 1 (alpha), (beta) Interleukin Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist Interleukin-4 receptor alpha Interleukin-2 receptor alpha Interleukin-6 receptor alpha