Table 3.

Primer sequence of genes used for a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction.

	Forward	Reverse
β-actin	5′-GTCGGCCTAGGCACCAG-3′	5′-GGAGGAAGAGGATGCGGCAGT-3′
iNOS	5′-CCCTTCCGAACTTTCTGGCAGCAGC-3′	5′-GGCTGTCAGAGTCTCGTGGCTTTGG-3′
TNF-α	5′-GCAGAAGAGGCACTCCCCCA-3′	5′-GATCCATGCCGTTGGCCAGG-3′
IL-1β	5′-CAGGATGAGGACATGAGCACC-3′	5′-CTCTGCAGACTCAAACTCCAC-3′
IL-6	5′-AGTTGCCTTCTTGGGACTGA-3′	5′-TTCTGCAAGTGCATCGT-3′

iNOS, inducible nitric oxide synthase; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-alpha; IL-1β, interleukin-1beta; IL-6, interleukin-6.