Table 1.

Primers used for real-time (RT)-PCR analysis of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and IL-1β messenger RNA (mRNA) in cardiacmyocytes (CMs).

Primer name	Sequence
TNF-α forward	TGATCGGTCCCAACAAGGA
TNF-α reverse	TGCTTGGTGGTTTGCTACGA
IL-1β forward	GGGATGATGACGACCTGC
IL-1β reverse	CCACTTGTTGGCTTATGTT
GAPDH forward	GTTACCAGGGCTGCCTTCTC
GAPDH reverse	ACCAGCTTCCCATTCTCAGC