Table 2.

Primers used

Gene	Forward	Reverse	Assay
miR-494	TGAAACATACACGGGAAACCTC	Universal qPCR Primer (Invitrogen)	qPCR
HsaU6	CGCAAGGATGACACGCAAATTC	Universal qPCR Primer (Invitrogen)	qPCR
mU6	TGGCCCCTGCGCAAGGATG	Universal qPCR Primer (Invitrogen)	qPCR
mATF3	AAGGAACTTGCAGAGCTAAGCA	GGGTGGAAAAGGAGGATTCAGTA	qPCR
mIL-6	TCCAGTTGCCTTCTTGGGAC	GTGTAATTAAGCCTCCGACTTG	qPCR
Rat IL-6	CCACCAGGAACGAAAGTCAAC	AAGGCAACTGGCTGGAAGTCT	qPCR
Rat ATF3	AAGGAACATTGCAGAGCTAAGCA	GGGTGGAAAAGGAGGATTCAGTA	qPCR
Rat IL-6	CTCTCCGCAAGAGACTTCCAG	GCCGAGTAGACCTCATAGTGA	RT-PCR
ATF3	TTGGATCCATGATGCTTCAACAC	CCCAAGCTTTTACTTGTCATCGTC	RT-PCR
IL-6	TGCTCAAGTGCTGAGTCACT	AGACTCATGGGAAAATCCCA	ChIP

qPCR, quantitative PCR.