Fig 1: (a) Significantly higher concentrations of free DNA and (b) nucleosome were detected in the plasma obtained from stored blood. (c) The amount of IL17 was not different in plasma from fresh and stored blood. Data were analyzed with one-tailed paired Student’s t-test (a-b: n = 10; c: n = 9) and presented with mean ± SD, (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01).