Table 2.

Primers used for reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and quantitative polymerase chain reaction analyses.

Gene	Sequence	Application
meq	F 5′-AGT TGG CTT GTC ATG AGC CAG-3′	RT-PCR
	R 5′-TGT TCG GGA TCC TCG GTA AGA-3′
ICP4	F 5′-GCA TCG ACA AGC ACT TAC GG-3′	qPCR
	R 5′-CGA GAG CGT CGT ATT GTT TGG-3′
iNOS	F 5′-GAG TGG TTT AAG GAG TTG GAT CTG A-3′	qPCR
	R 5′-TTC CAG ACC TCC CAC CTC AA-3′

Abbreviations: qPCR, quantitative polymerase chain reaction; RT-PCR, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.