Adsorption of the Inflammatory Mediator High-Mobility Group Box 1 by Polymers with Different Charge and Porosity

Table 1

Physicochemical characteristics of the adsorbents used in this study.

Polymer	Core	Ligand	Particle size; m	Pore size; nm	Surface area; m^2/g	Total; mL/g
PVP-PSDVB	PS-DVB coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone	None	450	0.8–5	850	1.4
PSDVB-16	Polystyrene-divinylbenzene	None	120	15	900	2.1
PSDVB-30	Polystyrene-divinylbenzene	None	50–100	30	700	1.5
Cellufine	Cross-linked cellulose	None	40–130	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
Cellufine sulfate	Cross-linked cellulose	Sulfate ester	40–120	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
DALI	Polymethacrylamide	Polyacrylate	150–230	~180	50	1.4
ReliSorb	Polymethacrylamide	Polyacrylate	150–230	~200	28	1.7

n.d.: not determined; PSDVB: polystyrene-divinylbenzene.