Table 1. Rat primer sequences used for qRT-PCR.

Gene	Sense primer	Antisense primer	PCR product (bp)
IL-6	CACAAGTCCGGAGAGGAGAC	ACAGTGCATCATCGCTGTTC	168
IL-1β	CTGTGACTCGTGGGATGATG	GGGATTTTGTCGTTGCTTGT	210
ICAM-1	ACGCAGTCCTCGGCTTCTG	GGTTCTTGCCCACCTGCTG	97
VCAM-1	ACAAAACGCTCGCTCAGATT	GTCCATGGTCAGAACGGACT	152
Ccl2 (MCP-1)	ATGCAGTTAATGCCCCACT	TTCCTTATTGGGGTCAGCAC	167
Ccl3 (MIP-1α)	TGCCCTTGCTGTTCTTCTCT	AAAGGCTGCTGGTCTCAAAA	152
GAPDH	GCAAGTTCAACGGCACAG	GCCAGTAGACTCCACGACAT	140

PCR: Polymerase chain reaction; ICAM-1: Intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1; VCAM-1: Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1; MCP-1: Monocyte chemotactic protein-1; MIP-1α: Macrophage inflammatory protein-1α.