Table I.

GenBank accession code, primer sequences and predicted size of the amplified product.

Gene	Primer sequences	GenBank	bp
eNOS	Forward: 5′-CACACTGCTAGAGGTGCTGGAA-3′	NM_021838	109
	Reverse: 5′-TGCTGAGCTGACAGAGTAGTAC-3′
β-actin	Forward: 5′-TCATGAAGTGTGACGTTGACATCCGT-3′		285
	Reverse: 5′-CCTAGAAGCATTTGCGGTGCAGGATG-3′

bp, base pairs; eNOS, endothelial nitric oxide synthase.