Table I.

Cytokine-specific primer pair sequences used for RT-qPCR.

Gene name	Primer sequences
IFN-γ	F: AGCGGCTGACTGAACTCAGATTGTAG
IFN-γ	R: GTCACAGTTTTCAGCTGTATAGGG
IL-6	F: CTGGTGACAACCACGGCCTTCCCTA
IL-6	R: ATGCTTAGGCATAACGCACTAGGTT
TNF-α	F: GGCAGGTCTACTTTGGAGTCATTGC
TNF-α	R: ACATTCGAGGCTCCAGTGAATTCGG
IL-10	F: ACCTGGTAGAAGTGATGCCCCAGGCA
IL-10	R: CTATGCAGTTGATGAAGATGTCAAA
MMP-13	F: GATGATCCCACCTTAGACATCATGAGAAAA
MMP-13	R: AAAGTGGTCTTAGATACTACCGTGACG

RT-qPCR, reverse transcription-quantitative PCR; F, forward; R, reverse.