Table 4. Synthetic oligonucleotide primers used for RT-PCR analysis.

RefSeq	PRIMER NAME and SEQUENCE	Product size (base pairs)
NM 153292	NOS2 FOR5′-ctgacgggagatgagctc- 3′	210 bp
	NOS2 REV5′-agtcgtgcttgccatcactc- 3′
M10277	β-actin FOR5′-agcgggaaatcgtgcgtg- 3′	300 bp
	β-actin REV5′-cagggtacatggtggtgcc- 3′

FOR, forward; REV, reverse.