Table 1.

Primers used to assay expression levels of immune-cell and muscle-cell specific genes.

Gene	Accession Number		5’→3’	Amplicon size (bp)
Arginase-1	NM_007482	Fwd	CAATGAAGAGCTGGCTGGTGT	153
		Rev	GTGTGAGCATCCACCCAAATG
CCL-2	NM_011333	Fwd	GCTCAGCCAGATGCAGTTAAC	153
		Rev	CTCTCTCTTGAGCTTGGTGAC
CCR-2	NM_009915	Fwd	CCTGTAAATGCCATGCAAGTTC	165
		Rev	GTATGCCGTGGATGAACTGAG
CD68	NM_009853	Fwd	CAAAGCTTCTGCTGTGGAAAT	140
		Rev	GACTGGTCACGGTTGCAAG
CD163	CD163	Fwd	GCAAAAACTGGCAGTGGG	164
		Rev	GTCAAAATCACAGACGGAGC
HMOX-1	NM_010442	Fwd	CAGCATGCCCCAGGATTTG	76
		Rev	CTCAGCATTCTCGGCTTGG
IL-4	NM_021283	Fwd	GGATGTGCCAAACGTCCTC	126
		Rev	GAGTTCTTCTTCAAGCATGGAG
IL-6	NM_031168	Fwd	GAACAACGATGATGCACTTGC	154
		Rev	CTTCATGTACTCCAGGTAGCTATGGT
IL-10	NM_010548	Fwd	CAAGGAGCATTTGAATTCCC	157
		Rev	GGCCTTGTAGACACCTTGGTC
IL-10R1	NM_008348	Fwd	CAAGCCCTTCCTATGTGTGG	166
		Rev	AGAAAGGCTCAGGCATTGTC
IL-10R2	NM_008349	Fwd	GGACAACTTACTGCATTC	157
		Rev	CACCAGGACGGAGACTATG
IL-12	NM_008351	Fwd	CGCAGCACTTCAGAATCACA	129
		Rev	TCTCCCACAGGAGGTTTCTG
IRF-5	NM_012057	Fwd	GACAACACCATCTTCAAGGC	120
		Rev	GTCACGGCTTTTGTTAAGGGC
MyoD	NM_010866	Fwd	GAGCGCATCTCCACAGACAG	178
		Rev	AAATCGCATTGGGGTTTGAG
myogenin	NM_031189	Fwd	CCAGTACATTGAGCGCCTAC	163
		Rev	ACCGAACTCCAGTGCATTGC
TNFα	NM_013693	Fwd	CTTCTGTCTACTGAACTTCGGG	163
		Rev	CACTTGGTGGTTTGCTACGAC
β-actin	NM_007393	Fwd	CAACCGTGAAAAGATGACCC	157
		Rev	GTAGATGGGCACAGTGTGGG