Table 1.

Primers used in this study.

Name	Primer (5′-3′)	Reference
miR-155	5′-GGGCCTTCCCTGGAACAGGAGTCT- 3′ 5′-GGGAGATTCATGGTATCAAGCACCC- 3′	(Wu et al., 2021)
U6	5′-CTCGCTTCGGCAGCACA- 3′ 5′-AACGCTTCACGAATTTGCGT- 3′	(Wu et al., 2021)
ACE2	5′-ACAGTCCACACTTGCCCAAAT- 3′ 5′-TGAGAGCACTGAAGACCCATT- 3′	(Sakaguchi et al., 2020)
TLR-2	5′-GGCCAGCAAATTACCTGTGTG- 3′ 5′-AGGCGGACATCCTGAACCT- 3′	(Sha et al., 2004)
TLR-4	5′-GTCCTCAGTGTGCTTGTAG- 3′ 5′-ATCCTGGCTTGAGTAGATAAC- 3′	(Hedgpeth et al., 2015)
TNFα	5′-AGGGAAGAGTTCCCCAGG- 3′ 5′-GGGAGTAGATGAGGTACAGGC- 3′	(McMahon et al., 2011)
GAPDH	5′-AATGGAAATCCCATCACCATCT- 3′ 5′-CAG-ACTCGCACTTG-3′	(Zhang et al., 2015)
P. gingivalis	5′-ATAGTAGCGTGTCCGGCTTC- 3′ 5′ -ATCGTAGGCGGATTGGAGA- 3′	(Tomas et al., 2017)
A. actinomycetemcomitans	5′-CAATACTACGGTGGTGCAGTATCT- 3′ 5′-ATATTGTTGGCGGTAATGC- 3′	(Tomas et al., 2017)
Total bacteria	5′-TTAAACTCAAAGGAATTGACGG- 3′ 5′-CTCACGACACGAGCTGACGAC-3′	(Sedgley et al., 2005)