Table 1.

Specifications of the primer sets used for gene expression analysis by RT-PCR

Gene	Forward primer	Reverse primer
IL-1β	CAACAAAAATGCCTCGTGC	TGCTGATGTACCAGTTGGG
TNF-α	CATCTTCTCAAAATTCGAGTGACAA	TGGGAGTAGACAAGGTACAACCC
MCP-1	CAGCCAGATGCAGTTAATGCC	AGCCGACTCATTGGGATCAT
INOS	GATTTTTCACGACACCCT	GGTCCTCTGGTCAAACTC
IL-10	GTTGCCAAGCCT-TGTCAGAAA	TTTCTGGGCCATGGTTCTCT
IFN-γ	CACGCCGCGTCTTGGT	TCTAGGCTTTCAATGAGTGTGCC
Suppressors of cytokine signalling proteins
SOCS3	CCTCCAGCATCTTTGTC-GGAAGAC	TACTGGTCCAGGAACTCCCGAATG
Transcription factors
T-Bet	TCCTGTCTCCAGCCGTTTCT	CGCTCACTGCTCGGAACTCT
GATA-3	GGCGGCGAGATGGTACTG	TCTGCCCATTCATTTTATGGTAGA
Chemokine receptors
CXCR3	AGGTCAGTGAACGTCAAGTGCTAG	CAAAAAGAGGAGGCTGTAGAGGA
CCR4	GCCTCCAAGACAGACTTCCTTG	AGCGTTCGGTTCTAGTTTCCAC
Housekeeping
HPRT	GCTCGAGATGTCATGAAGGAGA	TCAGCGCTTTAATGTAATCCAGC