Table 1.

The primers used in this study.

Gene	Sequence(5′–3′)	Length (bp)
HMGB1	5′-GATGGGCAAAGGAGATCCTA-3′ 5′-CTTGGTCTCCCCTTTGGGGG-3′	233
RORγt	5′-CCTGGGCTCCTCGCCTGACC-3′ 5′-TCTCTCTGCCCTCAGCCTTGCC-3′	171
IL-17	5′-CAAGACTGAACACCGACTAAG-3′ 5′-TCTCCAAAGGAAGCCTGA-3′	231
β-actin	5′-CACGAAACTACCTTCAACTCC-3′ 5′-CATACTCCTGCTTGCTGATC-3′	265