Table 3.

Primers for quantitative real time PCR

Gene	Forward Primer	Reverse Primer	Accession No./ Reference
ABCA1†	ATAGCAGGCTCCAACCCTGAC	GGTACTGAAGCATGTTTCGATGTT	[47]
ABCG5†	TGATTGGCAGCTATAATTTTGGG	GTTGGGCTGCGATGGAAA	[47]
ABCG8†	TGCTGGCCATCATAGGGAG	TCCTGATTTCATCTTGCCACC	[47]
NPC1L1†	CCTGACCTTTATAGAACTCACCACAGA	GGGCCAAAATGCTCGTCAT	[47]
SREBP-2‡	GCAAGGTGTTCCTGCATGAA	TGGTGTTCTGACTGGTACGCC	GU12330
LDL receptor‡	GCAGTGTTTCTGTGGCTGACAC	GCCATGCACAGGGTCCA	M94387
HMG-Co A			L00173
	GAGCTACATTTGTGCTTGGCG	TTCATTAGGCCGAGGCTCAC
reductase‡
SR-B1‡	AAGCCTGCAGGTCTATGAAGC	AGAAACCTTCATTGGGTGGGTA	[48]
ACAT-T§	GGTGGAATTATGTGGCCAAGA	CATGTTGGCAAAGACAGGGAC	NM_153728
7α-			L04690
	CACTCTGCACCTTGAGGATGG	GGGTCTGGGTAGATTGCAGG
hydroxylase‡
MTP‡	ACATGCTGACCTTTGTGCGA	ACGGTCATAATTGTGGGCAAC	U14995
Apo A-I‡	GGCGGGAGATGAACAAGGA	GGCGGTAAAGAGCCACTTCC	AF046919
Apo B-100‡	TGATTATCTGAATGCATCTGACTGG	TCCTTGGCATTGGCTACTTGT	AF176576
Beta actin‡	TGCTGTCCCTGTATGCCTCTG	AGGGAGAGCGTAGCCCTCAT	AJ312092
PPAR alpha‡	GGCCAATGGCATCCAAAATA	CCTTGGCGAATTCTGTGAGC	AJ555631

^†Mouse sequence

^‡Hamster sequence

^§Rat sequence