“…Proteins were prepared for blocking with the relevant primary antibody as previously reported by our laboratory. 28,29 Primary antibodies included β-actin (1 : 5000; #3700; Cell Signaling, Beverly, MA, USA), NeuN (1 : 3000; #MAB377; Merck Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA), GFAP (1 : 5000; #3670; Cell Signaling, Beverly, MA, USA), EAAT1 (1 : 5000; #ab416; Abcam, Cambridge, UK), EAAT2 (1 : 50 000; #ab41621; Abcam, Cambridge, UK), EAAT3 (1 : 10 000; #14 501; Cell Signaling, Beverly, MA, USA), GS (1 : 50 000; #ab176562; Abcam, Cambridge, UK), glutaminase (1 : 10 000; #701965; Invitrogen, Waltham, MA, USA), GluA1 (1 : 10 000; #MA5-27694; Invitrogen, Waltham, MA, USA), GluA2 (1 : 10 000; #MA5-17 084; Invitrogen, Waltham, MA, USA), GluN2A (1 : 3000; #4205; Cell Signaling, Beverly, MA, USA), GluN2B (1 : 3000; #4207; Cell Signaling, Beverly, MA, USA), IL-1β (1 : 2000; #ab283818; Abcam, Cambridge, UK), IL-6 (1 : 800; #ab9324; Abcam, Cambridge, UK), TNF-α (1 : 300; #ab6671; Abcam, Cambridge, UK), IL-10 (1 : 400; #sc-8438; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX, USA), HMGB1 (1 : 10 000; #ab79823; Abcam, Cambridge, UK), IL-1R1 (1 : 500; #ab106278; Abcam, Cambridge, UK), or TLR4 (1 : 5000; #ab13556; Abcam, Cambridge, UK) antibodies. Membranes were incubated with appropriate horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibodies (1 : 5000; #GTX213110-01, #GTX213111-01; Genetex, Zeeland, MI, USA) and visualized using an enhanced chemiluminescence (ECL; Amersham, Buckinghamshire, UK).…”