Real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) was performed with corresponding primers (Table S1) in a TaqMan 5700 Sequence Detection System (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA) as described previously (18 (link)).
Western blots were performed as describe before (18 (link)) using primary antibodies specific for S100B (Abcam), full length RAGE (FL-RAGE) (Abcam), β-actin (Santa Cruse), S100A9 (R&D Systems), HMGB1 and GAPDH (Cell Signaling).