Table 1. Gene-specific primers used for RT-PCR.

Gene name	Accession no.		Sequence
BAFF	NM_033622	Forward	5′-TGCTACTCGGCTGGCATCGC-3′
		Reverse	5′-GCGCGGGCTCCGTTTCTCAT-3′
β-Actin	NM_007393	Forward	5′-AGCCATGTACGTAGCCATCC-3′
		Reverse	5′-TCCCTCTCAGCTGTGGTGGTGAA-3′
Leptin	NM_008493	Forward	5′-GAGACCCCTGTGTCGGTTC-3′
		Reverse	5′-CTGCGTGTGTGAAATGTCATTG-3′
Adiponectin	NM_017370	Forward	5′-GTCTCAGCTGTCCTTCCCCT-3′
		Reverse	5′-CCCTGGCTTTATGCTCTTTGC-3′
MCP-1	NM_011331.2	Forward	5′-TTAAAAACCTGGATCGGAACCAA-3′
		Reverse	5′-GCATTAGCTTCAGATTTACGGGT-3′
COX-2	NM_011198	Forward	5′-TGAGCAACTATTCCAAACCAGC-3′
		Reverse	5′-GCACGTAGTCTTCGATCACTATC-3′
IL-6	NM_031168	Forward	5′-AGTTGCCTTCTTGGGACTGAT-3′
		Reverse	5′-TCCACGATTTCCCAGAGAAC-3′
Haptoglobin	NM_017370	Forward	5′-GACGAGAAGCAATGGGTGAAC-3′
		Reverse	5′-GCATCCATAGAGCCACCGA-3′
BAFF-R	NM_028075.2	Forward	5′-GACCCTGGTGGGTCTAGTGA-3′
		Reverse	5′-GTAGGAGCTGAGGCATGAGG-3′
BCMA	NM_011608.1	Forward	5′-ATCTTCTTGGGGCTGACCTT-3′
		Reverse	5′-CTCACAGGTGCACTCTTCCA-3′
TACI	NM_021349.1	Forward	5′-CTACTGCACACTGGGGGTCT-3′
		Reverse	5′-CTCCTGAGTGGGAGAACTGC-3′

Real-time reverse transcription (RT)-PCR experiments used the above primers.