Table I.

Primers used in this study

Gene	Primera	Sequence 5′—3′	Application
IFN-λ1	IFN-λ1-1F	CTTGGCCGGAGCAAGCCCTGTTC	RACE
	IFN-λ1-1R	CTTGTAAGGAGGCGGAAGAGGTTGA	RACE
	IFN-λ1-2F	ATCTCTGCTACCAACGGAGTGGAA	RACE
	IFN-λ1-2R	GGGACTTGCTGTGGGCTGAGGTAA	RACE
	IFN-λ1-3F	GCCCCAAAGAAAGTGTCTCAAG	qRT-PCR
	IFN-λ1-3R	GGCGGAAGAGGTTGAATGTG	qRT-PCR
	IFN-λ1-4F	AGTTGCGATTTGGCGATGGCTGTA	Full-length amplification
	IFN-λ1-4R	AGTCAGGGCTGCAGCTCCATAAA	Full-length amplification
IFN-λ2	IFN-λ2 -1F	CGGCTTGCACGCTGCTTCTGATG	RACE
	IFN-λ2 -1R	GATGAGGAGGCGGAAGAGGTTGAA	RACE
	IFN-λ2 -2F	GGCTACAAGGGGCTGCCACATGT	RACE
	IFN-λ2 -2R	GCCTGGAGTCTGGCGTGGATGTG	RACE
	IFN-λ2 -3F	CATGTCCCAGTTCAGGTCTCTGT	qRT-PCR
	IFN-λ2 -3R	CATCCTTGGCCCTCTTGAAA	qRT-PCR
	IFN-λ2 -4F	GTAAGCGGCCGCACCATGGAGCTGGGCGCGGCC	Protein expression
	IFN-λ2 -4R	AGAGGGGCCCTCAGACACACAGGTTTCTGCTGGCG	Protein expression
	IFN-λ2 -5F	GCCGAGGAAGACTGAGCGAGA	Full-length amplification
	IFN-λ2 -5R	GTACATAAATATATAAATAGG	Full-length amplification
GAPDH	GAPDH-1F	TCCTCCCGTTCTACAGACAG	qRT-PCR
	GAPDH-1R	ACAAGGTAGGGCTCCCTAAG	qRT-PCR
RIG-I	RIG-I-1F	CTCAGGTCGTTGGGCTGACT	qRT-PCR
	RIG-I-1R	CCAAGGCTTCACCTGTGCTT	qRT-PCR
ISG56	ISG56-1F	CTTGAGCATCCTCGGGTTCATC	qRT-PCR
	ISG56-1R	AAGTCAGCAGCCAGGTTTAGGG	qRT-PCR
IFN-α	IFN-α-1F	GAGACTCCCCTGCTGGATGA	qRT-PCR
	IFN-α-1R	ATAGAGGGTGATTCTCTGGAAGTATTTC	qRT-PCR
IFN-β	IFN-β-1F	CTCTAGCACTGGCTGGAATGAA	qRT-PCR
	IFN-β-1R	TGCCCACCGAGTGTCTCA	qRT-PCR

^aF, forward; R, reverse.