Table 2.

Sequences of the primer pairs employed for RT-qPCR analysis.

Gene/protein name NCBI Ref Seq identifier	Forward primer	Reverse primer
CXCL8/IL8 (NM_000584.4)	ACTGAGAGTGATTGAGAGTGGAC	AACCCTCTGCACCCAGTTTTC
IL10/IL-10 (NM_000572.3)	CAAGGCGCATGTGAACTCC	GATGTCAAACTCACTCATGGCT
IL23/IL-23 (NM_016584.3)	CTCAGGGACAACAGTCAGTTC	ACAGGGCTATCAGGGAGCA
CCL2/MCP-1 NM_002982.4	CAGCCAGATGCAATCAATGCC	TGGAATCCTGAACCCACTTCT
CCL5/RANTES (NM_001278736.2)	CCAGCAGTCGTCTTTGTCAC	CTCTGGGTTGGCACACACTT
TNF/TNFα (NM_000594.4)	ATGAGCACTGAAAGCATGATCC	GAGGGCTGATTAGAGAGAGGTC
TNFRSF1B/TNFR2 (NM_001066.3)	TGAAACATCAGACGTGGTGTG	TGCAAATATCCGTGGATGAAGTC