Table 1. Primers used for quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase-PCR assays.

mRNA targeted	Sequence (5′→3′)(a)	Ref
COX-1	GTGCTGGGGCAGTGCTGGAG (F)	[15]
	TGGGGCCTGAGTAGCCCGTG (R)
COX-2	GCTGTACAAGCAGTGGCAAAG (F)	[16]
	GCGTTTGCGGTACTCATTGAGA (R)
TNF-α	ATGAGCACAGAAAGCATGATC (F)	[17]
	TACAGGCTTGTCACTCGAATT (R)
IL-17	GCTCCAGAAGGCCCTCAGA (F)	[18]
	AGCTTTCCCTCCGCATTGA (R)
IL-10	CCAAGCCTTATCGGAAATGA (F)	[17]
	TTTTCACAGGGGAGAAATCG (R)
IFN-γ	ACAATGAACGCTACACACTGCAT (F)	[19]
	TGGCAGTAACAGCCAGAAACA (R)
FAS	ATGCACACTCTGCGATGAAG (F)	[20]
	CAGTGTTCACAGCCAGGAGA (R)
FAS-L	ATTGAAGAAGACACCTTTACACTCATT (F)	[21]
	TGTCTCAAAAACGGCCTCTGT (R)
18s rRNA	AACACGGGAAACCTCACCC(F)	[17]
	CCACCAACTAAGAACGGCCA (R)

Primers were purchased from Invitrogen Inc. and were designed according to the DNA sequence information available for Mus musculus (M. musculus blast server BLAST Server Database at www.sanger.ac.uk).

^(a)F, forward primer; R, reverse primer.