Table 1.

Primers for PCR amplification of each studied gene.

	Sense Primer	Antisense Primer
CD36	5′-GGT GTG CTC AAC AGC CTT ATC-3′	5′-TTA TGG CAA CCT TGC TTA TG-3′
Cox-2	5′-AAC AAT TCT CCC AGC TGT CAT TC-3′	5′-AGT CAA AGC ATA GGT CTT CAT AGT C-3′
β-actin	5′-ACG AGG CCC AGA GCA AGA-3′	5′-GGT GTG GTG CCA GAT CTT CTC-3′

CD36: Cluster of differentiation 36; Cox-2: mitochondrial subunit 2 of cytochrome c oxidase II.