Table 1.

Primer sequences and accession numbers employed in the RT-PCR assays for the assessment of gene expression.

Primer	Accession numbers	Oligo	Sequence
GAPDH	NM_017008	Forward	5′-ATG ACT CTA CCC ACG GCA AG-3′
		Reverse	5′-AGC ATC ACC CCA TTT GAT GT-3′
C-Fos	NM_022197.2	Forward	5′-CCA AGC GGA GAC AGA TCA AC-3′
		Reverse	5′-AAG TCC AGG GAG GT CACA GA-3′
IL-1	NM_031512	Forward	5′-AGG ACC CAA GC ACCT TCT TT-3′
		Reverse	5′-AGA CAG CAC GAG GCA TTT TT-3′
IL-6	NM_012589	Forward	5′-TAG TCC TTC CTA CCC CAA CTT CC-3′
		Reverse	5′-TTG GTC CTT AGC CAC TCC TTC-3′
TNF-α	NM_012675	Forward	5′-GGG GCC ACC ACG CTC TTC TG -3′
		Reverse	5′-CGA CGT GGG CTA CGG GT TG-3′

GAPDH: glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase; IL-1: interleukin-1 beta; IL-6: interleukin-6; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor alpha.