Table 2.

RT-qPCR primers for immune-related genes.

Genes	Accession NO.	Primers	References
18S ribosomal RNA	AF021880	F-GAGAAACGGCTACCACATCC R-GATACGCTCATTCCGATTACAG	[26]
CD4-1	DQ435305	F-GATGTCATCATTGTAGATCTCG R-GAGGTAGCTGGCATTTCACTCC	[27]
CD4-2	DQ435304	F-CTGTATGTTGTATCAGCCTCTG R-CAGTCACCTCCTTACTTTGGCTA	[27]
CD8-α	HQ446239	F-CTACGCGGAGAGACAGTCCCAA R-CTCACAACCCAAAAGCACATC	[27]
CD8-β	HQ446240	F-CCATCAGGCCTGGAGAAAGCA R-TCACCACCAGGAGTAGGACA	[27]
IL-1β	DQ157743	F-TGATCCTTTGGCCATGAGCGGC R-AGACATTGAAAAGCTCCTGGTC	[27]
TLR-4	x79482	F-ACCTGACTACCACACCCATA R-TCCTAGACGAGTGGAGGTTATT	This study
TLR-5	x79482	F-GGAAGCGCTACAAATCCTACT R-GTATGCCAGATCAAGTCGTATCA	This study
INFγ	NC_030434	F-TTGGGCAAAGTAGAGGACACC R-TGTTTCCACACTGCCTGTTCG	[27]
MHC class II	AF103002	F-GACACCAGGACATGGGAGGTG R-CGAGGAAGAAAGTTCCGGTAG	[27]
MHC class I I	AF103	F-GACCGAGAACTCGACTACTACA R-GAGTGCCTTTCTCCCAGTAATC	This study
TNFα	AJ417565	F-GCACAACAAACCAGACGAGA R-TCGTTGTCCTCCAGTTTCAA	[27]
IgM	x79482	F-AAGAAGCGAGTTATGCACCAG R-ATGCTTCATGTTCCACCTCAC	This study