Table 1.

Forward and Reverse PCR Primers, Expected Size of Amplified Product, and GenBank Accession Number for Primers Used in the Study

Gene	Forward primer	Reverse primer	Expected size of product	Genbank accession number
RANKL	5′-CAAGGAGCTGTGCAAAAGGAATTA-3′	5′-GATCATGGTACCAAGAGGACAG-3′	202 bp	NM_003701
OPG	5′-CAAGGAGCTGTGCAAAAGGAATTA-3′	5′-GATCATGGTACCAAGAGGACAG-3′	202 bp	NM_003701
TRAIL	5′-ACGAGCTGAAGCAGATGCAGGA-3′	5′-TGACGGAGTTGCCACTTGACTT-3′	139 bp	U57059
TNFα	5′-ACGAGCTGAAGCAGATGCAGGA-3′	5′-TGACGGAGTTGCCACTTGACTT-3′	139 bp	U57059
IFNγ	5′-GAAGAATTGGAAAGAGGAGAGTG-3′	5′-GTTCATGTATTGCTTTGCGTTGG-3′	239 bp	NM_000619
IL-1α	5′-CCAATGACTCAGAGGAAGAAATC-3′	5′-CAGCAGCCGTGAGGTACTGAT-3′	165 bp	NM_000575
IL-1β	5′-TTCGACACATGGGATAACGAGG-3′	5′-AGGACATGGAGAACACCACTTG-3′	172 bp	NM_000576
IL-1ra	5′-ATACTTGCAAGGACCAAATGTCAA-3′	5′-GTCAGTGATGTTAACTGCCTCC-3′	163 bp	NM_173841
IFI-30	5′-AAAATGTCAGTGGCAGGTGGGA-3′	5′-AGCTGCAGGCATAGTGGCAGA-3′	175 bp	NM_006332
TNFαIP6	5′-GCTAAGGCGGTGTGTGAATTTG-3′	5′-GCCACCACACTCCTTTGCGTG-3′	252 bp	NM_007115
TBP	5′-CCCCATGACTCCCATGACCC-3′	5′-CGTGGTTCGTGGCTCTCTTATC-3′	208 bp	NM_003194