Serum levels of acute-phase protein (APP) including haptoglobin (Catalog No.; ab137977), amyloid A (Catalog No.; ab274407), fibrinogen (Catalog No.; ab108842), ceruloplasmin (Catalog No.; ab108818), and ferritin (Catalog No.; ab108698) were estimated using kits obtained from the Abcam company (Cambridge, UK) according to the standard protocol of their specific pamphlets.
Serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α, Catalog No.; MBS2609886), interleukins, IL-1β, IL-6, (Catalog No.; # ESS0027, and # RBOIL6I) (Invitrogen-Thermo Fisher Co., Waltham, MA, USA) and IL-10, (Catalog No.; ab277386) (Abcam Co., Cambridge, UK) levels were estimated using specific bovine ELISA commercial kits according to the methodology of each enclosed pamphlet. All parameters were measured spectrophotometrically using a 5010 Photometer (ROBERT RIELE GmbH & Co KG, Berlin, Germany).