Table 1.

Primers for quantitative real-time PCR.

Gene	Primer Sequence
IL-1β	F: 5′-TGCCACCTTTTGACAGTGATG-3′ R: 5′-ATGTGCTGCTGCGAGATTTG-3′
IL-6	F: 5′-TCCTACCCCAACTTCCAATGCTC-3′ R: 5′-TTGGATGGTCTTGGTCCTTAGCC-3′
TNF-α	F: 5′-ATGGCCTCCCTCTCATCAGT-3′ R: 5′-TTTGCTACGACGTGGGCTAC-3′
β-actin	F: 5′-GTCAGAAGGACTCCTATGTG-3′ R: 5′-ACGCAGCTCATTGTAGAAG-3′

Abbreviations: IL-1β, interleukin-1β; IL-6, interleukin-6; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; F, forward primer; R, reverse primer.