Table 2.

Primer sequences used in this study.

Target	Primer sequence	References
hBD1	F 5′-CTGCTGTTTACTCTCTGCTTACTTTT-3′	Fahlgren et al., 2003
	R 5′-CCTCCACTGCTGACGCA-3′
hBD2	F 5′-CTCGTTCCTCTTCATATTCCTGA-3′	Fahlgren et al., 2003
	R 5′-CTAGGGCAAAAGACTGGATGAC-3′
hBD3	F 5′-TGAAGCCTAGCAGCTATGAGGATC-3′	Fahlgren et al., 2004
	R 5′-CCGCCTCTGACTCTGCAATAA-3′
hBD4	F 5′-CCCAGCATTATGCAGAGACTT-3′	Fahlgren et al., 2004
	R 5′-ACCACATATTCTGTCCAATTCAAAT-3′
IL-8	F 5′-TTGAGAGTGGACCACACTGC-3′	Ou et al., 2009
	R 5′-TGCACCCAGTTTTCCTTGG-3′
GAPDH	F 5′-AGGTCGGAGTCAACGGATTT-3′	Schüller et al., 2009
	R 5′-TGGAAGATGGTGATGGGATTT-3′
LL-37	F 5′-GTGCCCCAGGACGACACAGC-3′	This study
	R 5′-CCCCTGGCCTGGTTGAGGGT-3′
Lysozyme	F 5′-AAAACCCCAGGAGCAGTTAAT-3′	Fahlgren et al., 2003
	R 5′-CAACCCTCTTTGCACAAGCT-3′
POLR2A	F 5′-GATGGGCAAAAGAGTGGACTT-3′	Schüller et al., 2009
	R 5′-GGGTACTGACTGTTCCCCCT-3′

Forward (F) and reverse (R) primer sequences.