Table 1.

Primers used for quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Listed are the forward and reverse primer sequences used to amplify each target gene as well as the GAPDH endogenous control

Primer name	Sequence	Reference
NF-κB forward	5′ AGAGAAGCACAGATACCACTAAG 3′	Li et al. (2017)
NF-κB reverse	5′ CAGCCTCATAGAAGCCATCC 3′
IL-1β forward	5′ AGTTGACGGACCCCAAAAG 3′	Silverman et al. (2015)
IL-1β reverse	5′ AGCTG GATGCTCTCATCAGG 3′
IL- 18 forward	5′ CAACTCAGGAGTCTTGCTCAACA 3′	Elhija et al. (2008)
IL-18 reverse	5′ CAGGCCTGACATCTTCTGCAA 3′
IL-33 forward	5′ CTGCAAGTCAATCAGGCGAC 3′	Kurow et al. (2017)
IL-33 reverse	5′ TGCAGCCAGATGTCTGTGTC 3′
PI3K forward	5′ CTCTCCTGTGCTGGCTACTGT 3′	Liu et al. (2014)
PI3K reverse	5′ GCTCTCGGTTGATTCCAAACT 3′
AKT2 forward	5′ CAGCTGGGAGACCCAAGA 3′	Brand et al. (2015)
AKT2 reverse	5′ CACACGCTGTCACCTAGCTT 3′
GAPDH forward	5′ TGCGACTTCAACAGCAACTC 3′	Bruckert et al. (2016)
GAPDH reverse	5′ ATGTAGGCAATGAGGTCCAC 3′