Table 1.

List of primers used in RT-PCR.

Target gene	Primers (from 5′ to 3′)	Length
iNOS2	Forward 5′- GAAGTGGTATGCTCTGCCTGCTG-3′ Reverse 5′- GTCTCGCACTCCAATCTCTGTTCC-3′	115
TNF-α	Forward 5′- TGATCGTGACACGTCTCTGC-3′ Reverse 5′- CAACCAGCTATGCACCCCAG-3′	88
IL-6	Forward 5′- TTCACCGTGTGCGAGAACAGC-3′ Reverse 5′- CAGCCGTCCTCCTCCGTCAC-3′	80
IL-1β	Forward 5′- AGCAGCCTCAGCGAAGAGACC-3′ Reverse 5′- GTCCACTGTGGTGTGCTCAGAATC-3′	90
Bax	Forward 5′- ACTCTGCTGCTGCTCTCCTCTC-3′ Reverse 5′- ATCCACGCAGTGCCAGATGTAATC-3′	174
Caspase-3	Forward 5′- TACCGGACTGTCATCTCGTTCAGG-3′ Reverse 5′- ACTGCTTCGCTTGCTGTGATCTTC-3′	166
Caspase-8	Forward 5′- GGAAGCAGTGCCAGAACTCAGAAG-3′ Reverse 5′- TTGTTGTGGTCCATGCACCGATAG-3′	174
Caspase-9	Forward 5′- CCGAAGGAGCAAGCACGACAG-3′ Reverse 5′- CATCTAGCATGTCAGCCAGGTCAC-3′	121
P53	Forward 5′- GGAGATGGAACCATTGCTGGAACC-3′ Reverse 5′- GCTCCTGCCAGTTGCTGTGATC-3′	113
Bcl2	Forward 5′- GAGTTCGGCGGCGTGATGTG-3′ Reverse 5′- TTCAGGTACTCGGTCATCCAGGTG-3′	92
Cytochrome C	Forward 5′- CCTAATCGCCGTGGCCTTCTTAAC-3′ Reverse 5′- GGAGGAGGTAGATGGTCGGATTGG-3′	163
β-actin	Forward 5′- CAACACAGTGCTGTCTGGTGGTAC-3′ Reverse 5′- CTCCTGCTTGCTGATCCACATCTG-3′	199