Table 1.

Primer sequences used for real-time PCR analysis

Gene	Forward	Reverse
h-SREBP2	AAGTCTGGCGTTCTGAGGAA	AGGTCCACCTCATTGTCCAC
h-HMGCR	CTTGTGTGTCCTTGGTATTAGAGCTT	GCTGAGCTGCCAAATTGGA
h-SR-BI	CTTAAGAACGTGCGCATCGA	TGCTTTTGTGCCTGAACTCC
h-LXRɑ	GGAGGTACAACCCTGGGAGT	AGCAATGAGCAAGGCAAACT
h-LXRβ	CCCCTTCTTCTTCACCCACT	CGACTGTGACTGTGACTCCT
h-β-actin	CTGGAACGGTGAAGGTGACA	AAGGGACTTCCTGTAACAATGCA
r-SREBP2	AGAAGGAGAAAGGCGGACAA	TCTCCTGGCGCAGTTTATGA
r-HMGCR	AGAGCTGGCTTGAAACACCTGA	TTTGGACTGGAGACGGATGTAGA
r-CYP7A1	TTGGAATAAGGAGAAGGAAAGC	GGAGTTTGTGATGAAATGGACA
r-miR-33a	CCTCATAAGCGGTGCATTGTA	TATGCTTGTTCTCGTCTCTGTGTC
r-GAPDH	GGTGAAGGTCGGTGTGAACG	CTCGCTCCTGGAAGATGGTG

SREBP2 sterol regulatory element binding protein 2; HMGCR HMG-CoA reductase; CYP7A1 cytochrome P450 family 7 subfamily A member 1; LXRα liver X receptor ɑ; LXRβ liver X receptor β; SR-BI scavenger receptor class B type 1; GAPDH glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; miR-33a microRNA-33a