Table 2.

Primers used for the quantitative RT-PCR.

RNA target	Primer sequence	Accession No.	Amplification efficiency (%)∗	Correlation coefficients (r2)
IFN-γ	Forward: 5′-AGCTGACGGTGGACCTATTATT-3′	Y07922	99.16	0.9976
	Reverse: 5′-GGCTTTGCGCTGGATTC-3′
IL-2	Forward: 5′-TCTGGGACCACTGTATGCTCT-3′	AF000631	98.53	0.9932
	Reverse: 5′-ACACCAGTGGGAAACAGTATCA-3′
TNFSF15	Forward: 5′-CCTGAGTTATTCCAGCAACGCA-3′	NM_001024578	98.51	0.9992
	Reverse: 5′-ATCCACCAGCTTGATGTCACTAAC-3′
IL-17D	Forward: 5′-GCTGCCTCATGGGGATCTTTGGTG-3′	EF570583	98.18	0.9954
	Reverse: 5′-CGATGACGGCTTGTTCTGGTTGAC-3′
TGF-β4	Forward: 5′-CGGGACGGATGAGAAGAAC-3′	M31160	97.39	0.9981
	Reverse: 5′-CGGCCCACGTAGTAAATGAT-3′
IL-4	Forward: 5′-ACCCAGGGCATCCAGAAG-3′	AJ621735	99.41	0.9996
	Reverse: 5′-CAGTGCCGGCAAGAAGTT-3′
GAPDH	Forward: 5′-GGTGGTGCTAAGCGTGTTAT-3′	K01458	95.48	0.9994
	Reverse: 5′-ACCTCTGTCATCTCTCCACA-3′

^∗Amplification efficiency (%) = (10^-1/slope–1) × 100.