Table 1.

Sequences of forward and reverse primers of hamster cytokines used for quantitative real time RT-PCR.

S. No.	Genes	Direction	Primer sequence	Product length
1	RPL 18	Forward Reverse	5′ GATAGATCCACTCCCATAACTG 3′ 5′ TACCTTCAACAATCAAGACATTC 3′	96
2	TNF-α	Forward Reverse	5′ TTCTCCTTCCTGCTTGTG 3′ 5′ CTGAGTGTGAGTGTCTGG 3′	131
3	IFN-γ	Forward Reverse	5′ GCTTAGATGTCGTGAATGG 3′ 5′ GCTGCTGTTGAAGAAGTTAG 3′	200
4	IL-12	Forward Reverse	5′ TATGTTGTAGAGGTGGACTG 3′ 5′ TTGTGGCAGGTGTATTGG 3′	81
5	TGF-β	Forward Reverse	5′ ACGGAGAAGAACTGCTGTG 3′ 5′ GGTTGTGTTGGTTGTAGAGG 3′	178
6	IL-4	Forward Reverse	5′ GCCATCCTGCTCTGCCTTC 3′ 5′ TCCGTGGAGTTCTTCCTTGC 3′	75
7	IL-10	Forward Reverse	5′ TGCCAAACCTTATCAGAAATG 3′ 5′ AGTTATCCTTCACCTGTTCC 3′	102