Table I.

Primer sequences for RT-qPCR assay used in this study.

Gene	Sequence
GAPDH-F	5′-TGTTCGTCATGGGTGTGAAC-3′
GAPDH-R	5′-ATGGCATGGACTGTGGTCAT-3′
U6-F	5′-CTCGCTTCGGCAGCACA-3′
U6-R	5′-AACGCTTCACGAATTTGCGT-3′
IFN-γ-F	5′-AGCGGATAATGGAACTCTTTTCTTAG-3′
IFN-γ-R	5′-AAGTTTGAAGTAAAAGAAGACAATTTGG-3′
IL-6-F	5′-AGTTGCCTTCTTGGGACTGA-3′
IL-6-R	5′-CAGAATTGCCATTGCACAAC-3′
IL-17-F	5′-CCGGACTGTGATGGTCAA-3′
IL-17-R	5′-CTCATTGCGGTGGAGATT-3′
TNF-α-F	5′-CGGGCAGGTCTACTTTGGAG-3′
TNF-α-R	5′-CAGGTCACTGTCCCAGCATC-3′
IL-1β-F	5′-CTTCTTCGACACATGGGATAAC-3′
IL-1β-R	5′-TTTGGGATCTACACTCTCCAGC-3′
IL-6R-F	5′-TGAGCTCAGATATCGGGCTGAAC-3′
IL-6R-R	5′-CGTCGTGGATGACACAGTGATG-3′
miR-211-F	5′-TTGTGGGCTTCCCTTTGTCATCCT-3′
miR-211-R	5′-TGCTGTGGGAAGTGACAACTGA-3′
HOTAIR-F	5′-CAGTGGGGAACTCTGACTCG-3′
HOTAIR-R	5′-GTGCCTGGTGCTCTCTTACC-3′

IFN-γ, interferon-γ; IL, interleukin; TNF-α, tumor-necrosis factor-α; miR, microRNA; HOTAIR, hox transcript antisense RNA.