Table 1.

Primer sequences used for real-time polymerase chain (RT-PCR) reactions

Gene	5′→3′ forward primer	5′→3′ reverse primer	References
NF-κB	GGCAGCACTCCTTATCAA	GGTGTCGTCCCATCGTAG	(Korashy et al. 2016a)
CYP1A1	CCAAACGAGTTCCGGCCT	TGCCCAAACCAAAGAGAATGA	(Korashy et al. 2016a)
AhR	CTCCCTCCACAGTTGGCTTTGTTTG	GATTCTGCGCAGTGAAGCATGTCAG	(Jacob et al. 2011)
IL-4	TGGGTCTCAGCCCCCACCTT	TCCGTGGATACCGTTCCCGGT	(de Melo et al. 2015)
IL-6	CCGGAGAGGAGACTTCACAGAGGA	AGCCTCCGACTTGTGAAGTGGTATA	(de Melo et al. 2015)
IL-8	CATTAATATTTAACGATGTGGATGCGTTTCA	GCCTACCATCTTTAAACTGCACAAT	(Tong et al. 2008)
TNF-a	GTGATCGGTCCCAACAAG	AGGGTCTGGGCCATGGAA	(Korashy et al. 2016a)
EphX2	CACATCCAAGCCACCAAGCC	CAGGCCTCCATCCTCCAG	(Ansari et al. 2013)
TGF-a	TCAACAAGTGCCCAGATTCCC	GGCTTCTCTTCCTGCACCAAA	(Hu et al. 2021)
BcL2	CAACATCGCTCTGTGGATGAC	TGGGGCCATATAGTTCCACAA	(Saleh and El-Shorbagy 2020)
P53	ACAGCGTGGTGGTACCGTAT	GGAGCTGTTGCACATGTACT	(Korashy et al. 2016b)
iNOS	GTCACCTATCGCACCCCGAGATG	GCCACTGA CACTCCGCACAAAG	(Al-Harbi et al. 2015)
β-actin	CCAGATCATGTTTGAGACCTTCAA	GTGGTACGACCAGAGGCATACA	(Korashy et al. 2016a)