Table 1. qPCR primers.

Gene	NCBI accession No.	Primer sequence
ICAM-1	NM_012967.1	F:5′-CGGGAGATGAATGGTACCTACAA-3′
		R:5′-TGCACGTCCCTGGTGATACTC-3′
TNF-α	NM_012675.3	F:5′-ACAAGGCTGCCCCGACTAC-3′
		R:5′-CTCCTGGTATGAAATGGCAAATC-3′
VEGF	NM_031836.3	F:5′-GGGCCTCTGAAACCATGAACT-3′
		R:5′-TGGTGGAGGTACAGCAGTAAAGC-3′
FGF2	M22427.1	F:5′-AAGGATCCCAAGCGGCTCTA-3′
		R:5′-CGGCCGTCTGGATGGA-3′
GAPDH	NM_017008.4	F:5′-ATGTATCCGTTGTGGATCTGACAT-3′
		R:5′-CTCGGCCGCCTGCTT-3′

ICAM-1: Intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-α; VEGF: Vascular endothelial cell growth factor; FGF2: Fibroblast growth factor 2; GAPDH: Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.