Table 1.

Primer sequences for real-time PCR analysis of CD36 mRNA expression

	Rat	Mouse
exon 1a forward	TGCAACTGCATTTTGATGGT
exon 1b forward	GGAGCAACTGGTGAATGGTT
exon 3 reverse	TGCTTCTTGCCAACTCACAG
exon 3 forward	AACCAGGCCACATAGAAAGC	TGTGTTTGGAGGCATTCTCA
exon 4 reverse	AAGGACCTCTCTGTTTAACCTTGA	TTTTGCACGTCAAAGATCCA

The Cd36 exon 1a forward primer was designed from rat EST [GenBank:AB005743] and mouse EST [GenBank:BC010262]. Primers for Cd36 exon 1b forward and exon 3 reverse were designed from rat [GenBank:AW919183] and mouse [GenBank:NM_007643]. [GenBank:NM_007643] was also used to design Cd36 exon 3 forward and exon 4 reverse in mouse.