Table 1. Primers used for the reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT–PCR).

Cytokine	5′ Primer	3′ Primer	bp*	GB acc. no.†
IL-1α	CAA GAT GGC CAA AGT TCC TG	GCT TGA CGT TGC TGA TAC TG	241	AF10237
IL-1β	CTC CAC CTC AAT GGA CAG AA	ACC GCT TTT CCA TCT TCT TC	211	M15131
IL-6	CAA GAA AGA CAA AGC CAG AG	TTG GAT GGT CTT GGT CCT TA	172	X54542
IL-12 p35	AGA CCA CAG ATG ACA TGG TG	GTT GAT GGC CTG GAA CTC TG	290	M86672
IL-12 p40	AAG ACC CTG ACC ATC ACT GTC	CAG AGA CGC CAT TCC ACA TGT	300	M86671
IL-15	GAC AGT GAC TTT CAT CCC AG	TTC TCC TCC AGC TCC TCA CA	200	U14332
TNF-α	CTA CTC CCA GGT TCT CTT CA	TGA CTC CAA AGT AGA CCT GC	287	X02611
TGF-β1	AGG TCA CCC GCG TGC TAA TG	TTC CAC ATG TTG CTC CAC AC	188	M13177
TBP	ACC CTT CAC CAA TGA CTC CTA TG	ATG ATG ACT GCA GCA AAT CGC	190	D01034
G6PDH	AGA ACC ACC TCC TGC AGA TG	TCC CAC CGT TCA TTC TCC AC	268	M26655

^*Length of the PCR products, in base pairs.

^†GenBank accession no. of the specified genes.

acc. no., accession number; G6PDH, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase; IL, interleukin; TBP, TATA-binding protein; TGF-β1, transforming growth factor-β1; TNF-α, tumour necrosis factor-α.