Table 1.

List of primer sequences for real-time PCR.

IL-6 for mice	Forward	5′-CCGGAGAGGAGACTTCACAGA-3′
IL-6 for mice	Reverse	5′-GGTCTGGGCCATAGAACTGA-3′
TNF-α for mice	Forward	5′-CAGCCTCTTCTCATTCCTGC-3′
TNF-α for mice	Reverse	5′-GGTCTGGGCCATAGAACTGA-3′
CCL-2 for mice	Forward	5′-ATGCAGGTCCCTGTCATGCTTC-3′
CCL-2 for mice	Reverse	5′-ACTCATTGGGATCATCTTGCTGG-3′
ATF3 for mice	Forward	5′-CAGTTACCGTCAACAACAGACCC-3′
ATF3 for mice	Reverse	5′-CTTTCTGCAGGCACTCTGTCTTC-3′
ITGAM for mice	Forward	5′-CCATGACCTTCCAAGAGAATGC-3′
ITGAM for mice	Reverse	5′-ACCGGCTTGTGCTGTAGTC-3′
GFAP for mice	Forward	5′-ACCAGCTTACGGCCAACAG-3′
GFAP for mice	Reverse	5′-CCAGCGATTCAACCTTTCTCT-3′
18S for mice	Forward	5′-CGGCTACCACATCCAAGGAA-3′
18S for mice	Reverse	5′-GCTGGAATTACCGCGGCT-3′
IL-6 for rat	TaqMan Rn00561420_m1 (Life Technologies, Grand Island, NY)
TNF-α for rat	TaqMan Rn99999017_m1 (Life Technologies)
CCL-2 for rat	TaqMan Rn00580555_m1 (Life Technologies)
18S for rat	TaqMan Hs 99999901_s1 (Life Technologies)

IL-6, interleukin 6; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor α; CCL2, chemokine CC motif ligand 2; ATF3, Activating transcription factor 3; ITGAM, integrin alpha M; GFAP, glial fibrillary acidic protein.