Table 1. Primers used for PCR cloning and real-time PCR analysis of gene expression.

Gene	Primer name	Primer sequence (5´-3´)	Application
TACI	SS-TACI-F	GCTCAGTGTCACTGCATGAGAGGC	Cloning
	SS-TACI-R	ACACGTCTCTGTGGGGCTGG	Cloning
	TACI-3-RACE	GTGTCTGGCTCTGCTGCTGTTGACC	3´RACE
	TACI-3-RACE-nest	GTGCTGCTGAGGAGGGCCAGTGCC	3´RACE
	RT-TACI-F	GCATCGAGTACTGTGCTTCTCTAGG	Real time PCR
	RT-TACI-F	AAGTCAGGCTGTTGGGTCTTACATT	Real time PCR
BCMA	SS-BCMA-F	ATGTCAGAAGGACAGTGTGGACTGG	Cloning
	SS-BCMA-R	CTGTGTGGTTAAAGATCTGTACTGTCTTGG	Cloning
	RT-BCMA-F	ATGTCAGAAGGACAGTGTGGACTGG	Real time PCR
	RT-BCMA-R	CGGCTCTGGGGCTTTGCTCT	Real time PCR
BAFF-R	BAFFR-3-RACE-	CCTCGGTGTGTGGCTCTCTTGGGG	3´RACE
	BAFFR-3-RACE-nest	GGGAGCATTGGATCCCACTTCCTGC	3´RACE
	RT-BAFFR-F	TGTCTGGATATCAATGGTCGTCATA	Real time PCR
	RT-BAFFR-R	CTTTAGCTGGAGGGTTAAGTCTTGC	Real time PCR
BAFF	RT-BAFF-F	ATGTTTGATGCTTATTCTGGCAGGT	Real time PCR
	RT-BAFF-R	TGGGACTGTGTCTTGACTGTGTGTA	Real time PCR
APRIL	RT-APRIL-F	CACAGACATACACAATGGAATGGAA	Real time PCR
	RT-APRIL-R	TGTGATGACAGAGGAACAAGATGAA	Real time PCR
BALM	RT-BALM-F	TGGAGGTACAGTAGTTCAGCAGTCG	Real time PCR
	RT-BALM-R	ACTATCCAAGGAATCACCGTCACAT	Real time PCR
IgMtotal	RT-IgMtotal-F	TGCGTGTTTGAGAACAAAGC	Real time PCR
	RT-IgMtotal-R	GACGGCTCGATGATCGTAAT	Real time PCR
IgMsec	RT-IgMsec-F	CCTTAACCAGCCGAAAGGG	Real time PCR
	RT-IgMsec-R	TGAGGTTCTATCAATGGTTCTC	Real time PCR
IgT	RT-IgTtotal-F	AACATCACCTGGCACATCAA	Real time PCR
	RT-IgTtotal-R	TTCAGGTTGCCCTTTGATTC	Real time PCR
IgD	RT-IgDtotal-F	AGCTACATGGGAGTCAGTCAACT	Real time PCR
	RT-IgDtotal-R	CTTCGATCCTACCTCCAGTTCCT	Real time PCR
EF-1α	RT-EF1α-F	GATCCAGAAGGAGGTCACCA	Real time PCR
	RT-EF1α-R	TTACGTTCGACCTTCCATCC	Real time PCR