Table 1.

Primers used for real-time quantitative PCR.

Gene	Forward oligonucleotides (5′–3′)	Reverse oligonucleotides(5′–3′)	Product size (bp)
CTRP1	5′-GTGCCCCAGATCAACATCAC-3′	5′-CTGCTGAGCCTGTTTTGCC-3′	281
YKL-40	5′-GACCTTGCCTGGCTCTACC-3′	5′-TGCTGTCAATGGTGACCTTC-3′	383
SFRP4	5′-CTTGCCAGTGTCCACACATC-3′	5′-TGTTCCTGCAGCCTCTCTTC-3′	346
CTRP9	5′-GCCACATTGCTGGGGTCTAT-3′	5′-AGCTTCAGCTGCAGGACAAT-3′	333
Metrnl	5′-GACCACAGGCTTCCAGTACG-3′	5′-TGGTGCAGACGGCTAGGAG-3′	311
VEGF-C	5′-AATAGTGAGGGGCTGCAGTG-3′	5′-TCGGCAGGAAGTGTGATTG-3′	419
VEGF-D	5′-TGAACGTGTTCCGATGTGGT-3′	5′-TGGCAAGCACTTACAACCTG-3′	354
VEGFR-3	5′-CCAGGATGAAGACATTTGAGG-3′	5′-AGCCGCTTTCTTGTCTATGC-3′	1298
GAPDH	5′-AGGTCATCACCATTGGCAAT-3′	5′-ACTCGTCATACTCCTGCTTG-3′	335

CTRP, complement-Clq TNF-related protein; YKL-40, Chitinase-3-like protein 1; SFRP4, secreted frizzled-related protein 4; Metrnl, Meteorin-like; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; VEGFR-3, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3.