Blood was collected from the eyes of the mice and was allowed to clot for at least 30 min before centrifugation for 10 min at 1000 × g. Then, the serum was removed and assayed on a multiplex LUMINEX xMAP MAGPIX instrument (Millipore Corporation). Antibody beads, controls, wash buffer, serum matrix, and standards were prepared for the MILLIPLEX® MAP Kit Mouse Th17 Magnetic Bead Panel (Millipore Corporation) following the manufacturer's instructions [28 (link)]. Concentrations of eight cytokines (IL-6, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-17A, IL-10, IL-4, IFN-γ, and IL-2) were detected using the Mouse Th17 Magnetic Bead Panel according to its instructions. MAGPIX and xPONENT software were used to read the results.
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