Table-1.

Sequence, annealing temperature, and fragment size of the pairs of primers used for RT-PCR.

Gene	Primer sequence	Annealing temp. (°C)	Fragment size (bp)	Accession no.
NF-kB p65 (RELA)	F-TCCAAGTTCCCATAGAAGAGCA R-TCCCAGAGTTCCGATTCACC	57	192	DQ355511
IL-6	F-ATGACGAGTGTGAAAGCAGC R-TCGCCTGATTGAACCCAGAT	59	105	AY347710.1
TNF-a	F-GGTCAACATCCTGTCTGCCA R-ACTGAGGCGATCTCCCTTCT	59	130	XM_006041930.1
Interferon g	F-CGCAAAGCCATAAATGAACTC R-GGACCATTACGTTGATGCTC	60	120	AF484688.1

PCR=Polymerase chain reaction