Table 1.

Primers and probes used in the study

Target gene	Sequence (5’-3’)	Reference
IL-6	F: GCTCGCCGGCTTCGA	Kaiser et al. (17)
	R: GGTAGGTCTGAAAGGCGAACAG
	Probe: AGGAGAAATGCCTGACGAAGCTCTCCA
IL-10	F: CATGCTGCTGGGCCTGAA	Kumar et al. (22)
	R: CGTCTCCTTGATCTGCTTGATG
	Probe: CGACGATGCGGCGCTGTCA
IFN-α	F: GACAGCCAACGCCAAAGC	Eldaghayes et al. (10)
	R: GTCGCTGCTGTCCAAGCATT
	Probe: CTCAACCGGATCCACCGCTACACC
IFN-β	F: CCTCCAACACCTCTTCAACATG	Peroval et al. (28)
	R: TGGCGTGCGGTCAAT
	Probe: TTAGCAGCCCACACACTCCAAAACACTG
IFN-γ	F: GTGAAGAAGGTGAAAGATATCATGGA	Kaiser et al. (17)
	R: GCTTTGCGCTGGATTCTCA
	Probe: TGGCCAAGCTCCCGATGAACGA
β-actin	F: CATCCTCACCCTGAAGTACC	Vora et al. (39)
	R: GCTCATTGTAGAAGGTGTGG
	Probe: CACGGCATCGTCACCAACTG