“…Western blotting was performed as previously described [ 13 ] using a primary monoclonal mouse anti-β-actin antibody 1:5000 (clone AC-15, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA), a primary polyclonal rabbit anti-IL-18 antibody 1:500 (MBS2026569, MyBioSource, San Diego, CA, USA), and a primary polyclonal rabbit anti-S100A12 antibody 1:100 (MBS2026249, MyBioSource, San Diego, CA, USA), diluted in 2.5% ( w / v ) skim milk blocking buffer. Log transformed densitometric data was used to perform a paired t -test.…”