Peripheral blood samples were collected in
sodium citrate tubes (Becton Dickinson, San Jose, CA, USA). After centrifuging the whole blood samples for 15 min at 1550 × g, the plasma was aliquoted and stored at -70°C, with subsequent thawing for further analyses.
The histone
-DNA complex levels were measured using a
cell death detection ELISA kit (Roche Diagnostics, Indiana, USA). Cell-free DNA levels were measured using the
Quant-iT PicoGreen dsDNA reagent (Molecular Probes, Eugene, Oregon, USA) and
Fluoroskan Ascent microplate fluorometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, USA). Neutrophil elastase levels were measured using a
human neutrophil elastase platinum ELISA kit (eBioscience, Vienna, Austria). Prekallikrein levels were determined using an
ELISA kit (Cloud-Clone, Houston, Texas, USA). Initial serum CA-125 levels were evaluated using an immunoradiometric assay kit (Institute of Isotopes, Budapest, Hungary).
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