Table 1.
Gene and primer information used in this study.
| Gene | GenBank no. |
5' primer – top sequence 3' primer – bottom sequence |
Intron flanked | Base pairs amplified |
| COX-2 | NM_011198 | TGGGGTGATGAGCAACTATT AAGGAGCTCTGGGTCAAACT |
7 | 132 |
| IL-1β | NM_008361 | GACCTTCCAGGATGAGGACA AGCTCATATGGGTCCGACAG |
3 | 183 |
| IL-6 | NM_031168 | AGTTGCCTTCTTGGGACTGA CAGAATTGCCATTGCACAAC |
2 | 191 |
| TNFα | NM_013693 | ACGGCATGGATCTCAAAGAC GTGGGTGAGGAGCACGTAGT |
none | 116 |
| β-actin | NM_007393 | CCTGAACCCTAAGGCCAACC CAGCTGTGGTGGTGAAGCTG |
3 | 287 |
| leptin | NM_008493 | TGACACCAAAACCCTCATCA TCATTGGCTATCTGCAGCAC |
2 | 213 |
| F4/80 | NM_010130 | GCTGTGAGATTGTGGAAGCA CTGTACCCACATGGCTGATG |
15 | 135 |
| Mac-1 | NM_008401 | AAGGATTCAGCAAGCCAGAA TAGCAGGAAAGATGGGATGG |
20 | 136 |