Supplementary Table 1.

Primers used in quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction

Primer		Sequence (5′→3′)
TNF-α	Forward	5′-GGCTTTCGGAACTCACTGGA-3′
	Reverse	5′-GGGAACAGTCTGGGAAGCTC-3′
IL-1β	Forward	5′-TTGAGTCTGCACAGTTCCCC-3′
	Reverse	5′-TCCTGGGGAAGGCATTAGGA-3′
IL-8	Forward	5′-ACTGAGAGTGATTGAGAGTGGACC-3′
	Reverse	5′-ACCCTCTGCACCCAGTTTTC-3′
GAPDH	Forward	5′-GCATCTTCTTGTGCAGTGCC-3′
	Reverse	5′-TACGGCCAAATCCGTTCACA-3′

TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α; IL-1β: interleukin-1β; IL-8: interleukin-8; GAPDH: glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase