Table 1.

Characteristics of Primer Sets.

Target Gene	Accession Number	Amplicon Position	Amplicon Size	Amplification Efficiency
18S rRNA	NG_002801	1151–1453	302	1.98
IRF-1	NM_002198	391µ605	214	1.83
TLR-4	NM_003266	3035–3370	355	1.91
Bax	NM_138761	1804–2053	249	1.86
Bcl-2	NM_000633	1078–1313	236	1.88