Table 1.

Primer sequences.

Gene		Sequences
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH)	Sense	5′-TGA ACG GGA AGC TCA CTG G-3′
	Antisense	5′-TCC ACC ACC CTG TTG CTG TA-3′
Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)	Sense	5′-GCC CTC CTG CTT CAG ACC TC-3′
	Antisense	5′-CGT TGC CAG GAA ACA CGG-3′
Neuropeptide Y (NPY)	Sense	5′-TAC CCC TCC AAG CCG GAC AA-3′
	Antisense	5′-TTT CAT TTC CCA TCA CCA CAT G-3′
Agouti-related peptide (AgRP)	Sense	5′-CGG AGG TGC TAG ATC CAC AGA-3′
	Antisense	5′-AGG ACT CGT GCA GCC TTA CAC-3′
Interleukin-1β (IL-1β)	Sense	5′-ACG GAC CCC AAA AGA TGA AG-3′
	Antisense	5′-TTC TCC ACA GCC ACA ATG AG-3′
Interleukin-6 (IL-6)	Sense	5′-ATC CAG TTG CCT TCT TGG GAC TGA-3′
	Antisense	5′-TAA GCC TCC GAC TTG TGA AGT GGT-3′
Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα)	Sense	5′-TTC CGA ATT CAC TGG AGC CTC GAA-3′
	Antisense	5′-TGC ACC TCA GGG AAG AAT CTG GAA-3′
Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3)	Sense	5′-GCG GGC ACC TTT CTT ATC C-3′
	Antisense	5′-TCC CCG ACT GGG TCT TGA C-3′
Vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1)	Sense	5′-GGA GAC CTG TCA CTG TCA ACT G-3′
	Antisense	5′-TCC ATT TCA CCA CTG TGT AAC C-3′
C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 (CCL-2)	Sense	5′-GCA TTA GCT TCA GAT TTA CGG GT-3′
	Antisense	5′-TTA AAA ACC TGG ATC GGA ACC AA-3′
Lymphotoxcin alpha (LTα)	Sense	5′-AAC CTG CTG CTC ACC TTG TT-3′
	Antisense	5′-CAG TGC AAA GGC TCC AAA GA-3′
Lymphotoxcin beta (LTβ)	Sense	5′-TCG GGT TGA GAA GAT CAT TGG-3′
	Antisense	5′-GCT CGT GTA CCA TAA CGA CC-3′