Table 1.

Primer sets for quantitative polymerase chain reaction

Gene names	Sequence	Amplicon size (bp)
TREM-1	F: 5’-GTCTCCACTCCTGACTCTGAA-3’	158
	R: 5’-TAGGGTACAAATGACCTCAGC-3’
ACTB	F: 5’-TTAAGGAGAAGCTGTGCTACG-3’	205
	R: 5’-TTGAAGGTAGTTTCGTGGATG-3’

F, forward primer; R, reverse primer.