Table I.

Human occludin-specific primers used for RT–PCR^a.

Primer sequence	Orientation	Position	Size (bp)	Tm (°C)	Reference
5′-GACCCAAGAGCAGCAA-3′	Sense	833–848	688	50.5	NC_018921.2/NM_001205254.1
5′-CATCCACAGGCGAAGT-3′	Antisense	1505–1520
5′-TTTGTGGGACAAGGAACACA-3′	Sense	1273–1292	312	53.8	NC_018921.2/NM_001205255.1
5′-GCAGGTGCTCTTTTTGAAGG-3′	Antisense	1565–1584

^aRT–PCR was performed by using a GeneAmp 2400 PCR system (Applied Biosystems, Inc.), Tm (°C), annealing temperature and 30 cycles.