Table 4.

List of human genes used for gene expression analyses.

Gene	Forward	Reverse
HMOX1	atgccccaggatttgtca	cccttctgaaagttcctcat
IL-1β	acgatgcacctgtacgatca	ggaccagacatcaccaagct
IL-6	aggcactggcagaaaacaac	agctctggcttgttcctcac
TNF-α	acctcctctctgccatcaaga	ggaagacccctcccagataga
COX-2	ggtggagaagtgggttttca	acagcccttcacgttattgc
HPRT1	acatctggagtcctattgacatcg	ccgcccaaagggaactgatag

HPRT1 was used as the housekeeping gene.