Table 1.

Primers for Real-Time PCR.

Gene	Primer Orientation	Nucleotide Sequence
b-actin	forward	5′-AGAGCTATGAGCTGCCTGACG-3′
	reverse	5′-CCGCAAGATTCCATACCCA-3′
Inflammatory pathway genes
TNF-α	forward	5′-GCTGGATCTTCAAAGTCGGGTGTA-3′
	reverse	5′-TGTGAGTCTCAGCACACTTCCATC- -3′
Il-1β	forward	5′-TGGACTTCGCAGCACAAAATG-3′
	reverse	5′-GTTCACTTCACGCTCTTGGATG-3′
Il-6	forward	5′- -AGACCGCTGCCTGTCTAAAA-3′
	reverse	5′-TTTGATGTCGTTCACCAGGA-3′
Il-8	forward	5′-GTCGCTGCATTGAAACAGAA- -3′
	reverse	5′-CTTAACCCATGGAGCAGAGG-3′
NF-κB	forward	5′-GAGCCCTTTGTGCAAGAGAC-3′
	reverse	5′-TGGGATACGTCCTCCTGTTC-3′
IκBα	forward	5′-TTTCGGAGGAGATGGAGAGA-3′
	reverse	5′-CTGTTCAGGTACGGGTCGTT-3′
Apoptosis pathway genes
cas-3	forward	5′-CCGCTGCCCATCACTA-3′
	reverse	5′-ATCCTTTCACGACCATCT-3′
Bax	forward	5′-GGCTATTTCAACCAGGGTTCC-3′
	reverse	5′-TGCGAATCACCAATGCTGT-3′
bcl-2	forward	5′-TCACTCGTTCAGACCCTCAT-3′
	reverse	5′-ACGCTTTCCACGCACAT-3′