The patients’ blood was collected prior to therapy in serum-gel monovettes (Sarstedt, Germany) and was prepared as previously described (Ding et al. 2022 (link)). All serum samples were stored at − 80 °C and thawed on ice right before measurement. Serum Ang-2 was measured with the Human Angiopoietin-2 Quantikine ELISA set (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Catalog No. DANG-20). Serum samples were diluted 1:5. The procedure was performed according to protocol provided by the manufacturers.
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