Table 1.

Real-time PCR cytokine primers

Gene	Accession numbers	Forward primer (5′ → 3′)	Reverse primer (5′ → 3′)
β-Actin	AJ312193	CTCCTTCCTGGGCATGGA	CGCACTTCATGATCGAGTTGA
TNF-alpha	M29079	CCACGTTGTAGCCAATGTC	CTGGGAGTAGATGAGGTACAG
IL-6	AF518322	GGCTGTGCAGATTAGTACC	CTGTGACTGCAGCTTATCC
MCP-1	NM_214214	GCTGATGAGCTACAGAAGAG	GCGATGGTCTTGAAGATCAC
IL-8	X61151	CTGGCTGTTGCCTTCTTG	CACTGGCATCGAAGTTCTG
IL-1βa	NM_214055	TTGAATTCGAGTCTGCCCTGT	CCCAGGAAGACGGGCTTT

NCBI accession numbers used to derive primers.

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