Table 1.

Details of primer sequences used for QPCR experiments.

Gene symbol	Forward and reverse primer sequences (5′→3′)	Amplicon length (bp)	Accession number	Reference
Primers used for QPCR experiment
ß-actin	5′- GCAAATGCTTCTAGGCGGACT-3′ 5′- CAATCTCATCTCGTTTTCTGC G-3′	85	BT030480	Pareek et al. 2005
IL-8	5′- GCTGGCTGTTGCTCTCTTG-3′ 5′- AGGTGTGGAATGTGTTTTTATGC-3′	118	EU276073	Pareek et al. 2005
IL-6	5′-TGAGGGAAATCAGGAAAATGT -3′ 5′-CAGTGTTTGTGGCTGGAGTG -3′	110	EU276071	Pareek et al. 2005
TLR4	5′- ACTGCAGCTTCAACCGTATC-3′ 5′- TAAAGGCTCTGCACACATCA -3′	190	AB056444	Ibeagha-Awemu et al. 2007
CXCL12	5′- ATTTAGGCCATGGAGGCTCT -3′ 5′- GAAACTGTGCTGTGGCTTCA -3′	117	NM_001113174	-
SST	5′- TGGAGCCTGAAGATTTGTCC -3′ 5′- GAAATTCTTGCAGCCAGCTT -3′	122	NM_173960	-
MX1	5′- ACAGATGCGTCAGTGGTCAG -3′ 5′- TGGAGAGAGTTCAGGGATGG -3′	133	NM_173940	-
IL1β	5′- CAAGGAGAGGAAAGAGACA -3′ 5′- TGAGAAGTGCTGATGTACCA G-3′	209	M37211	Konnai et al. 2003
Keratin 5	5′- CAAGGTCCTGGACACCAAGT-3′ 5′- TCCAGCTGTCTCCTGAGGTT-3′	114	NM_001008663
TLR4 amplification and sequencing primers
TLR4 promoter (Amplification)	5′- CAAGATTTCACAAAATTGGACAGTGCC -3′ 5′- TACCTGTACGCAAGGGTCCCAA -3′	1870	NC_000070	-
TLR4 promoter (Sequencing)	5′- TCCCTTGGACTGCAAGGAGATCCA -3′ 5′- AGGCACAGGGAGAAGACAGCCA -3′	-	NC_000070	-
TLR4 exon 1	5′- CCTCTCACTTCCTCTCCTCCCGTAAC -3′ 5′- CCTCGGGCTGCCTGTTAATGC -3′	434	NM_174198	-
TLR4 exon 2	5′- GTGACTTATGATTGGATGGA -3′ 5′- GTAAGATGTCTGTTGAGTGA -3′	458	NM_174198	-
TLR4 exon 3	5′- ATATCTGTGTGGAGACCTAGATGACTGGG -3′ 5′- GAACACGCCCTGCATCCATCTG -3′	2414	NM_174198	-