Table 3.

RT-PCR Primers

Gene	Forward Primer	Reverse Primer	Reference
IL-8	AGGTGCAGTTTTGCCAAGGA	TTTCTGTGTTGGCGCAGTGT
IL-1β	AAGCTGAGGAAGATGCTG	ATCTACACTCTCCAGCTG
CFI	ATTGTGGAGACCAAAGTGATGAAC	TGATACTGGCTTGGAATGCAAA
CXCL2	GATAGAGGCTGAGGAATCCAAGAA	ACATTTCCCTGCCGTCACA
RSAD2	ACACAGGAATAATGACCCCAAAA	TGAGCTAAATGTCAGGTCCTGTGTA
MX1	GCCAGGACCAGGTATACAG	GCCTGCGTCAGCCGTGC	Leong et al.32
IFI44L	CCAATTACACCTGAGCATTCTACTTTT	AGACATAAGCCACACAGTGAATCCT
IFI27	TGGCTCTGCCGTAGTTTTGC	CACAGCCACAACTCCTCCAAT
HERC5	GGGATGAAAGTGCTGAGGAG	CATTTTCTGAAGCGTCCACA	Kroismayr et al.33
SLC30A4	GGCTATCATCAAAATCACCAACCA	CGGTGATGAGCATTATATCTCCATT	Overbeck et al.34
IL-33	CACCCTCAAATGAATCAGG	GGAGCTCCACAGAGTGTTCC	Carriere et al.35
THSD2	TGCACGAAGAAGGGAAAAACAT	TCTCGGACCCGTGTTTCAG
TNFSF10	ATGGCTATGATGGAGGTCCAG	TTGTCCTGCATCTGCTTCAGC	Komatsuda et al.36
XAF1	CCAGAAAATAAGTATTTCCACC	TTATACTTCTTGTCTTTGGACG	Kempkensteffen et al.37
CYP2D6	CCTACGCTTCCAAAAGGCTTT	AGAGAACAGGTCAGCCACCACT	Kojima et al.38
SSTR2	CCCCAGCCCTTAAAGGCATGT	GGTCTCCATTGAGGAGGGTCC	Kumar et al.39
NR4A3	CAACTAGTCCAACCCCTTAAAATTCA	ACCTTGAGIAACTCTTCACCCTTCA
FN	GACCACACCGCCCACAAC	TCCTACATTCGGCGGGTATG
GAPDH	CATCCATGACAACTTTGGTATCGT	CAGTCTTCTGGGTGGCAGTGA	Wang et al.25

In total, 18 genes were selected for validation by RT-PCR. Nearly, all expression patterns were comparable to the microarray data.