Table 1. Primer sequences used for PCR analyses.

18S	Forward Reverse	TTGACGGAAGGGCACCACCAG GCACCACCACCCACGGAATCG
Atrogin-1	Forward Reverse	TCGGCAAGTCTGTGCTGGTGG CCCAGGCTGACCAGGTCCCG
FoxO3	Forward Reverse	GGTACCAGGCTGAAGGATCA GAGAGCAGATTTGGCAAAGG
IL-1β	Forward Reverse	AGCCTCGTGCTGTCGGACCC TCCAGCTGCAGGGTGGGTGT
IL-6	Forward Reverse	GAGGATACCACTCCCAACAGACC AAGTGCATCATCGTTGTTCATACA
MuRF1	Forward Reverse	CGGCCTGCAGAGGAACCTGC GCACATCGGGTGGCTGCCTT
TNF-α	Forward Reverse	AGCCCACGTCGTAGCAAACCA CATGCCGTTGGCCAGGAGGG
VEGF	Forward Reverse	CCAGGCTGCACCCACGACAG GGCACGCACTCCAGGGCTTC

Definition of abbreviations: FoxO3 = Forkhead box-containing protein O3, IL = Interleukin, MuRF = Muscle RING finger, TNF = Tumor necrosis factor, VEGF = vascular endothelial growth factor.