Table I.

Nucleotide sequence of the specific primers used for PCR amplification

Gene	Nucleotide Sequence	Primer	GenBank
β-actin	5'- GAT TAC TGC TCT GGC TOC TAG C -3'	F	NM_007393.3
	5'- GAC TCA TOG TAC TOC TGC TTG C -3'	R
HMGB1	5'- TGG CAA AGG CTG ACA AGG CTC -3'	F	NM_010439.3
	5'- GGA TGC TOG OCT TTG ATT TTG G -3'	R
IL-1β	5'- OGC AGC AGC ACA TCA ACA AGA GC -3'	F	NM_008361.3
	5'- TGT OCT CAT OCT GGA AGG TOC AOG -3'	R
MIP-2	5'- TGT CAA TGC CTG AAG AOC CTG OC -3'	F	NM_009140.2
	5'- AAC TTT TTG AOC GOC CTT GAG AGT GG -3'	R
TNF-α	5'- AOC CTC ACA CTC AGA TCA TCT T -3'	F	NM_013693.2
	5'- GGT TGT CTT TGA GAT OCA TGC -3'	R
TLR4	5'- OCT GAC AOC AGG AAG CTT GAA -3'	F	NM_021297.2
	5'- TCT GAT OCA TGC ATT GGT AGG T -3'	R
RAGE	5'- GCT GTA GCT GGT GGT CAG AACA -3'	F	NM_007425.2
	5'- OOC CTT ACA GCT TAG CAC AAG TG -3'	R
SIGIRR	5'-GTG GCT GAA AGA TGG TCT GGC ATT G -3'	F	NM_023059.3
	5'- CAG GTG AAG GTT OCA TAG TOC TCT GC -3'	R
ST2	5'- TGA OGC OCA OCA GAT CAT TCA CAG -3'	F	NM_010743.2
	5'- GOC AAA GCA AGC TGA ACA GGC AAT AC -3'	R
CXCL12	5'- TGC ATC AGT GAC GGT AAA OCA -3'	F	NM_021704.3
	5'- CAC AGT TTG GAG TGT TGA GGA T -3'	R
CXCR4	5'- CTT CTG GGC AGT TGA TGC CAT -3'	F	NM_009911.3
	5'- CTG TTG GTG GOG TGG ACA AT -3'	R

F, forward; R, reverse.