Table 1.

Oligonucleotide primers employed.

Gene		Primer sequence	Tm °C	Amplicon size (bp)
9s rRNA	F	5′-ATCCGCCAACGTCACATT-3′	57.6	115
	R	5′-CCGCCGCCATAAGGAGAAC-3′	64.5
CD36	F	5′-CAGTCGGAGACATGCTTATTGAG-3′	60.7	151
	R	5′-TTTGCCACGTCATCTGGGTTT-3′	62.5
COX-2	F	5′-TGTGACTGTACCCGGACTGG-3′	63.0	233
	R	5'-TGCACATTGTAAGTAGGTGGAC-3′	60.0
FABP4	F	5′-GGGGCCAGGCTTCTATTCC-3′	61.8	114
	R	5′-GGAGCTGGGTTAGGTATGGG-3′	61.1
GAPDH	F	5′-GGACGCATTGGTCGTCTGG-3′	63.0	204
	R	5′-TTTGCACTGGTACGTGTTGAT-3′	60.2
IL-12 p40	F	5′-CAAGGCTGTTCACATTATCCCA-3′	60.3	107
	R	5′-CCAGTGTGGTCATGGACTTTC-3′	60.6
MCP-1	F	5′-TTAAAAACCTGGATCGGAACCAA-3′	60.1	121
	R	5′-GCATTAGCTTCAGATTTACGGGT-3′	60.7
NOS2	F	5′-ACATCGACCCGTCCACAGTAT-3′	62.7	177
	R	5′-CAGAGGGGTAGGCTTGTCTC-3′	61.0
NOX4	F	5′-TGCCTGCTCATTTGGCTGT-3′	62.2	180
	R	5′-CCGGCACATAGGTAAAAGGATG-3′	60.8
PPAR-γ	F	5′-CCATTCTGGCCCACCAAC-3′	66.5	479
	R	5′-CTGAAACCGACAGTACTG-3′	53.8
TNF-α	F	5′-CCTGTAGCCCACGTCGTAG-3′	61.5	148
	R	5′-GGGAGTAGACAAGGTACAACCC-3′	61.4