Table 1 Nucleotide sequences of mouse and rat oligonucleotide primers and Tagman assays .

Gene	Sense primer	Antisense primer
18S‐rRNA (r)	5′‐gtggagcgatttgtctggtt‐3′	5′‐cgctgagccagttcagtgta‐3′
β‐actin (m)	5′‐agagggaaatcgtgcgtgac‐3′	5′‐caatagtgatgacctggccgt‐3′
IL1β (r)	5′‐tctcacagcagcatctcgac‐3′	5′‐catcatcccacgagtcacag‐3′
IL6 (r)	5′‐ccactgccttccctacttca‐3′	5′‐acagtgcatcatcgctgttc‐3′
IL6 (m)	5′‐aagtcggaggcttaattacacatgt‐3′	5′‐ccattgcacaactcttttctcattc‐3′
ICAM 1 (r)	5′‐aggtatccatccatcccaca‐3′	5′‐gccacagttctcaaagcacag‐3′
ICAM‐1 (m)	5′‐agggctggcattgttctcta‐3′	5′‐cttcagaggcaggaaacagg‐3′
MCP 1 (r)	5′‐ttctggacccattccttattg‐3′	5′‐gctgaagaccttagggcaga‐3′
MCP 1 (m)	5′‐cccaatgagtaggctggaga‐3′	5′‐gctgaagaccttagggcaga‐3′
MIP 1α (m)	5′‐accatgacactctgcaacca‐3′	5′‐cccaggtctctttggagtca‐3′
MIP 1α (r)	#Rn00564660_m1	Applied Biosystems, Germany

ICAM, intracellular adhesion molecule; IL, interleukin; m, mouse; MCP, monocyte chemotractant protein 1; r, rat.