Table 1.

Primer Sequences Used for Reverse Transcriptase-PCR Analysis

Species	Target	Primer Sequence
Neurotrophic factors
Human
NGF	forward	5′-ATACAGGCGGAACCACACTCAG-3′
	reverse	5′-GTCCACAGTAATGTTGCGGGTC-3′
BDNF	forward	5′-AGAGGCTTGACATCATTGGCTG-3′
	reverse	5′-CAAAGGCACTTGACTACTGAGCATC-3′
GDNF	forward	5′-CACCAGATAAACAAATGGCAGTGC-3′
	reverse	5′-CGACAGGTCATCATCAAAGGCG-3′
NT-3	forward	5′-GGGAGATCAAAACGGGCAAC-3′
	reverse	5′-ACAAGGCACACACACAGGAC-3′
Rat
NGF	forward	5′-ATCCACCCACCCAGTCTTCCACAT-3′
	reverse	5′-GGCAGCCTGTTTGTCGTCTGTTGT-3′
BDNF	forward	5′-AGCCTCCTCTGCTCTTTCTGCTGGA-3′
	reverse	5′-CTTTTGTCTATGCCCCTGCAGCCTT-3′
GDNF	forward	5′-ACTCCAATATGCCCGAAGATTATCCTG-3′
	reverse	5′-CCAAACCCAAGTCAGTGACATTTAAGTG-3′
NT-3	forward	5′-TTTCTTGCTTATCTCCGTGGCATCC-3′
	reverse	5′-GGCAGGGTGCTCTGGTAATTTTCCT-3′
Pro-/anti-inflammatory cytokines
Human
TNF-α	forward	5′-ATCTACTCCCAGGTCCTCTTCAA-3′
	reverse	5′-GCAATGATCCCAAAGTAGACCT-3′
IL-1β	forward	5′-TTGACGGACCCCAAAAGATG-3′
	reverse	5′-AGAAGGTGCTCATGTCCTCA-3′
IL-6	forward	5′-GTAGCCGCCCCACACAGACAGCC-3′
	reverse	5′-GCCATCTTTGGAAGGTTC-3′
IL-10	forward	5′-ATCCAAGACAACACTACTAA-3′
	reverse	5′-TAAATATCCTCAAAGTTCC-3′
Rat
TNF-α	forward	5′-GTAGCCCACGTCGTAGCAAAC-3′
	reverse	5′-TGTGGGTGAGGAGCACATAGTC-3′
IL-1β	forward	5′-CACCTTCTTTTCCTTCATCTTTG-3′
	reverse	5′-GTCGTTGCTTGTCTCTCCTTGTA-3′
IL-6	forward	5′-AAGTTTCTCTCCGCAAGAGACTTCCAG-3′
	reverse	5′-AGGCAAATTTCCTGGTTATATCCAGTT-3′
IL-10	forward	5′-CTGCTATGTTGCCTGCTCTTAC-3′
	reverse	5′-TCATTCTTCACCTGCTCCACT-3′

NGF, nerve growth factor; BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor; GDNF, glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor; NT-3, neurotrophin-3; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; IL, interleukin.