Table I.

Oligonucleotide primers used for reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis.

Name	Primer sequence (5'-3')	Product size (bp)
TNF-α	Forward: CTTCTCATTCCTGCTTGTG
	Reverse: ACTTGGTGGTTTGCTACG	198
IL-1β	Forward: AGGCTCCGAGATGAACAA
	Reverse: AAGGCATTAGAAACAGTCC	464
IL-6	Forward: TTCTTGGGACTGATGCTG
	Reverse: CTGGCTTTGTCTTTCTTGTT	380
gB	Forward: GTCGGCCATCTACGAGAGAC
	Reverse: GACCAGCGGTCTCGAATAAC	164
β-actin	Forward: AACAGTCCGCCTAGAAGGAC
	Reverse: CGTTGACTACCGTAAAGACC	281

TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; IL, interleukin; gB, glycoprotein-B.