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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Mol Pathol. 2014 Feb 6;96(2):178–187. doi: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2014.02.001

Table 2.

(top) primers for HERVs, (middle) primers for gag genes, and (bottom) primers for inflammatory mediators

HERV family Primer name Sequence Reference
HERV E HERV-E(F)
HERV-E(R)
CACTTCTCCTGTTGTCCTT
TACAACTCTAAGGGGTCT
M10976 and AB062274
FRD HERV-Frd(F)
HERV-Frd(R)
CAGG/TCTCCCAAC/TAGATAGA
AGAGCAGGAG/ATGAAAGGAA
AC004022
H HERV-H(F)
HERV-H(R)
CTGATGAC/TATTCCACCA
AGACCACCAAACAGGC/GTT
D11078, AJ289709, AJ289711, M18048
L HERV-L(F)
HERV-L(R)
GATTGG/TATG/TGAAGGATGC
CTGAGTCTGAGTCCCAAAGC
X89211
R HERV-R(F)
HERV-R(R)
AGGAAAAACAAGTAAAGGG
CCGTGACAGGTTTTACAA
M12410
K1 HERV-K(HML1)(F)
HERV-K(HML1)(R)
CTGCTCTCCATTATCTCAAGT
AAGGAATGAGAAAAGACAGT
Repbase version 8.2.0 consensus sequences
K2 HERV-K(HML2)(F)
HERV-K(HML2)(R)
GTCATCACCACTCCCTAATCT
GGAAAAGAAAAAGACACAGAG
AF074086, AF164609, AF164610
K4 HERV-K(HML4)(F)
HERV-K(HML4)(R)
TGTGGGCGAAGGATTACC
AATGTCCCTTCAGCACCT
AF020092
K5 HERV-K(HML5)(F)
HERV-K(HML5)(R)
GCAGAGGGCAAGGAGTAG
GCGATGGATGAAAGGAGTA
Repbase version 8.2.0 consensus sequences
K6 HERV-K(HML6)(F)
HERV-K(HML6)(R)
CAGAATGTGGGCAAACTC
TGAACAAAGGAGGACGAA
AF079797
W HERV-W(F)
HERV-W(R)
AGAGCACAGCAGGAGGGA
GGGGTCCTTGCTCACAGA
AY101582, AY101583, AY101584 AY101585
RRI RRHERV-I(F)
RRHERV-I(R)
TATCTCTCCCTTTCCCAG
AGGAATCAGAGAGACCA/GG/ATG
M64936
HERV Region Primer name Sequence Reference
HERV-K109 (AF164615.1) LTR-gag 6D01_LTR-1A
3D02_Sgag-2A
CAGTCTCAGGTGTTTGGATCTTCCAC
CGCGgcggccgcCTACTGCTGCACTGCCGCTTGT
NT_007299.13 (16546496-16555953)
gag 3D02_Sgag-1A
3D02_Sgag-2A
CGCGgcggccgcATGGGGCAAACTAAAAGTAAAG
CGCGgcggccgcCTACTGCTGCACTGCCGCTTGT
HERV-K115 (AY037929.1) LTR-gag 8D01_LTR-1A
3D02_Lgag-2A
TGATCAATATAAAAGGTGTAGGGGTGG
CGCGgcggccgcGCTTATTCCCTGAAACACTTGGGAC
NT_023736.17 (7345381-7354859)
gag 3D02_Lgag-1B
3D02_Lgag-2A
CGCGgcggccgcGCTAGGGTGATAATGGGGCAAAC
CGCGgcggccgcGCTTATTCCCTGAAACACTTGGGAC
Cytokines Primer name Sequence Reference
Ptgs2 COX2_1B
COX2_2A
ACACAGTGCACTACATCCTGAC
ATCATCTCTACCTGAGTGTC
NM_011198.3
ICAM1 ICAM1_ 1A
ICAM1_ 2A
AGCTGTTTGAGCTGAGCGAGA
CTGTCGAACTCCTCAGTCA
NM_010493.2
Il1b Il1b_ 1A
Il1b_ 2A
GACAGTGATGAGAATGACCTG
GAACTCTGCAGACTCAAACTCCA
NM_008361.3
Il6 Il6_1E
Il6_2G
GCCTTCCCTACTTCACAAGTCC
CACTAGGTTTGCCGAGTAGATCTC
NM_031168.1
Nos2 Nos2_1B
Nos2_2B
ACAAGCTGCATGTGACATCGA
CAGAGCCTGAAGTCATGTTTGC
NM_010927.3
Tnf Tnf_1A
Tnf_2A
GCATGATCCGCGACGTGGAA
AGATCCATGCCGTTGGCCAG
NM_013693.2
b-actin b-actin-1A
b-actin-2A
CCAACTGGGACGTGGAA
GTAGATGGGCACAGTGTGGG
NM_007393.3
NM_001101.3

bold font (degenerate nucleotides); italic font (NotI restriction enzyme site)