Table 1.

Primers used for real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Genes	Primer/probe	Primer/probe sequences
TNF-α	Forward primer	5′-CGG GGT GAT CGG TCC CCA AAG-3′
	Reverse primer	5′-GGA GGG CGT TGG CGC GCT GG-3′
IL-1β	Forward primer	5′-GAC CTT CCA GGA TGA GGA CA-3′
	Reverse primer	5′-AGC TCA TAT GGG TCC GAC AG-3′
IL-6	Forward primer	5′-CAG AGA TAC AAA GAA ATG ATG G-3′
	Reverse primer	5′-ACT CCA GAA GAC CAG AGG AAA-3′
iNOS	Forward primer	5′-CAC CTT GGA GTT CAC CCA GT-3′
	Reverse primer	5′-ACC ACT CGT ACT TGG GAT GC-3′
GAPDH	Forward primer	5′-CTT CAC CAC CAT GGA GAA GGC-3′
	Reverse primer	5′-GGC ATG GAC TGT GGT CAT GAG-3′

GAPDH: Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; TNF: tumor necrosis factor; IL: interleukin; iNOS: inducible nitric oxide synthase.