“…Accumulating evidence has disclosed high levels of several inflammatory mediators including C-reactive protein, which are present at very high levels in the peripheral blood of patients at risk of POD or POCD (Cerejeira et al, 2012;Neerland et al, 2016;Vasunilashorn et al, 2017). It is confirmed initially that human S100A12 is expressed and secreted by activated neutrophil granulocytes (Achouiti et al, 2013;Bae et al, 2014;He et al, 2015;Isoyama et al, 2015Isoyama et al, , 2016Zhao et al, 2013). In this regard, S100A12 is known to trigger a pro-inflammatory immune response by binding RAGE, thereby leading to inflammatory activation (Achouiti et al, 2013;Bae et al, 2014;He et al, 2015;Isoyama et al, 2015Isoyama et al, , 2016Zhao et al, 2013).…”