Table 1.

Members of the NLR family, inflammasome components and caspase-cleaved interleukins and primers used to investigate their expressions by RT-PCR and qRT-PCR

Family	Name	Synonym	Forward 5′–3’	Reverse 5′–3’	Amplicon length (bp)
NLRC	NOD1	CARD4	ACTGAAAAGCAATCGGGAACT	ACACACAATCTCCGCATCTTC	112
	NOD2	CARD15	GCCTGATGTTGGTCAAGAAGA	GATCCGTGAACCTGAACTTGA	107
	NLRC3	NOD3, CLR16.2	GGAGCCTCACCAGCTTAGATT	AGGCCACCTGGAGATAGAGAG	117
	NLRC4	IPAF, CARD12	GGAAAGTGCAAGGCTCTGAC	TGTCTGCTTCCTGATTGTGC	129
	NLRC5	NOD27, CLR16.1	CACCCTGACCAACATCCTAGA	TCTCTATCTGCCCACAGCCTA	113
NLRP	NLRP1	NALP1, CARD7	ATACGAAGCCTTTGGGGACT	ACAAAGCAGAGACCCGTGTT	148
	NLRP2	NALP2	CACCGAATGGATCTGTCTGA	GTGGTCGTTCTTTCCGTGTT	112
	NLRP3	NALP3, CIAS1	AAAGGAAGTGGACTGCGAGA	TTCAAACGACTCCCTGGAAC	129
	NLRP4	NALP4	CCAACGAGTTTGGCTGACTT	GCTGTCGATGACGAACAAGA	105
	NLRP5	NALP5	CTGGGGAACGAAGGTGTAAA	GCAAGTGCAAGAAAACCACA	122
	NLRP6	NALP6	CTGTTCTGAGCTACTGCGTGAG	AGGCTCTTCTTCTTCTTCTCCTG	100
	NLRP7	NALP7	TAACCCGTAGCACCTGTCATC	GGTCTTCTTCCCAATGAAAGC	101
	NLRP8	NALP8	CGCTGGTGTGCTTTCTACTTC	GGTCGGGTTTGGACATAATCT	130
	NLRP9	NALP9	CTAGCCTCTCCCAGTCTGACAT	GCGATGTCTTCACAAACTTCAC	121
	NLRP10	NALP10	GTCACGGTGGAGGCTCTATTT	CGAGAGTTGTCTTTCCAGTGC	100
	NLRP11	NALP11	GTGTTGCATGTGACGTTTCC	TTTTGTTGCTCCCAATCTCC	157
	NLRP12	NALP12	CGACCTTTACCTGACCAACAA	AGGTCCATCCCAAATAACCAG	114
	NLRP13	NALP13	ATGGTGTGTTGGACCGTATGT	GCCAAATCTACCTCTGCTGT	140
	NLRP14	NALP14	CCGCTTGTACTTGTCTGAAGC	GCCTCCATCTACTGGTGTGAA	122
NLRB	NAIP1	BIRC1, NLRB1	AGTACTTTTTCGACCACCCAGA	TAGTTGGCACCTGTGATTTGTC	135
NLRA	CIITA	MHC2TA, C2TA	CCGACACAGACACCATCAAC	CCTCTGGGAAGGGTCTTTTC	249
NLRX	NLRX1	NOD9	TGGCCTTGTCTCAGCTCTTTA	CACCAGTCCAGAACCATCTTG	121
Infl. comp	Caspase 1	IL1BC	GGGGTACAGCGTAGATGTGAA	CTTCCCGAATACCATGAGACA	137
	Caspase 5	ICH-3	TCTGTTTGCAAGATCCACGA	GTTCTATGGTGGGCATCTGG	223
	Caspase 8	ALPS2B	AGAAGAGGGTCATCCTGGGAGA	TCAGGACTTCCTTCAAGGCTGC	142
	ASC	PYCARD	CTGACGGATGAGCAGTACCA	CAAGTCCTTGCAGGTCCAGT	108
Interleukins	IL-1β	IL1F2	CCACAGACCTTCCAGGAGAA	GTGATCGTACAGGTGCATCG	121
	IL-18	IL1F4	CACCCCGGACCATATTTATT	TCATGTCCTGGGACACTTCTC	205
	IL-33	IL1F11	GGTGACGGTGTTGATGGTAAG	CTGGCAGTGGTTTTTCACACT	121
	IL-37	IL-1F7	CAGCCTCTGCGGAGAAAGGAAGT	GTTTCTCCTTCTTCAGCTGAAGG	120
Control	HPRT-1	HGPRT	GACCAGTCAACAGGGGACAT	CTGCATTGTTTTGCCAGTGT	111