“…13 Briefly, blood spots were extracted overnight (18)(19)(20) We assayed 24 immune markers with possible neuro-modulatory roles. [14][15][16][17] Markers included basic fibroblast growth factor, IL-8, IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra), IL-1 alpha (IL-1α), MCP-1, macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1α), MIP-1β, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), 6Ckine, cutaneous T-cell-attracting chemokine (CTACK), IL-16, IL-20, MCP-2, MIP-1d, stromal cell derived factor-1 (SDF-1), thymus and activation regulated chemokine (TARC), soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1, soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1), cathepsin D, myeloperoxidase, PDGF-AA, plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1), neural cell adhesion molecule, and C reactive protein (CRP). Assays of IL-6, IL-5, IL-33, and TNFα resulted in zero values for more than 50% of the population and, therefore, were not further considered in the analysis.…”