Table 2.

List of primers for RT-PCR.

Primer	Species	Forward	Reverse
RAGE	Human	5′-CTA CCG AGT CCG TGT CTA CCA-3′	5′-CAT CCA AGT GCC AGC TAA GAG-3′
Β-actin	Human	5′-GAT GCA GAA GGA GAT CAC TGC-3′	5′-ATA CTC CTG CTT GCT GAT CCA-3′
RAGE	Rat	5′-AAC TAC CGA CTC CGA GTL TAC C-3′	5′-ACA ACT GTC CCT TTG CCA TCA-3′
TNFα	Rat	5′-ATG TGG AAC TGG CAG AGG AG -3′	5′-ACG AGC AGG AAT GAG AAG AAG-3′
IL-1β	Rat	5′-GAA ACA GCA ATG GTC GGG AC-3′	5′-AAG ACA CGG GTT CCA TGG TG-3′
MCP1	Rat	5′-TCA CGC TTC TGG GCC TGT TG-3′	5′-CAG CCG ACT CAT TGG GAT CAT C-3′
NOX2	Rat	5′-AAG CCA TTG GAT CAC AAC CT-3′	5′-GGC TTC TAC TGT AGC GTT CA-3′
COX2	Rat	5′-CCG GGT TGC TGG GGG AAG GA-3′	5′-CCA CCA GCA GGG CGG GAT ACA G-3′
iNOS	Rat	5′-CAA TGG CTT GAG GCA GAA GC-3′	5′-GCC ACC TCG GATATC TCT TGC-3′
Fbn	Rat	5′-GAA AGG CAA CCA GCA GAG TC-3′	5′-CTG GAG TCA AGC CAG ACA CA-3′
MyD88	Rat	5′-GAC TGC CAG AAA TAC ATA CG-3′	5′-ATC TCC TGC ACA AAC TCA A-3′
S100β	Rat	5′-GGG AAT TAG GAT GTC TGA GCT GGA GAA G-3′	5′-GCG GAT CCA CTC CTG GAA GT CACA CTC C-3′
β-actin	Rat	5′-CTA CAA TGA GCT GCG TGT GGC-3′	5′-CAG GTC CAG ACG CAG GAT GGC-3′