from the RBC supernatants using serum protein immunodepletion resins (Proteome
Purify 2, R&D Systems, Inc., Minneapolis, MN) according to
manufacturer’s protocol. Briefly, 600 μg of RBC supernatants was
mixed with 1 mL of suspended immunodepletion resin and incubated on rotary
shaker at room temperature for 30 minutes. After the incubation period, the
immunodepletion resin was transferred into the upper chamber of a
0.22-μm filter unit (Corning Costar Spin-X, Sigma Aldrich) and
centrifuged for 2 minutes at 2000 × g. The protein
concentrations were determined by a Brad-ford protein assay before and after
removal of the top two plasma proteins.