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Table 1

Mouse primer sequences.

NameForward 5′→3′Reverse 5′→3′

Interleukin(IL)-17 ACCT CAA AGC TCA GCG TGT CCGAG CTC ACT TTT GCG CCA AG
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (Ahr)AGC AGC TGT GTC AGA TGG TGCTG AGC AGT CCC CTG TAA GC
Runt-related transcription factor 1 (RUNX1)TAC CTG GGA TCC ATC ACC TCGAC GGC AGA GTA GGG AAC TG
RAR-related orphan receptor gamma T (RORgT)TGT CCT GGG CTA CCC TAC TGGTG CAG GAG TAG GCC ACA TT
Forkhead box P3 (Foxp3) GGC CCT TCT CCA GGA CAG AGCT GAT CAT GGC TGG GTT GT
Tartrate resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP)TCC TGG CTC AAA AAG CAG TTACA TAG CCC ACA CCG TTC TC
Integrin β3CTG TGG GCT TTA AGG ACA GCGAG GGT CGG TAA TCC TCC TC
Calcitonin receptorCGG ACT TTG ACA CAG CAG AAAGC AGC AAT CGA CAA GGA GT
Carbonic anhydrase IITGG TTC ACT GGA ACA CCA AAAGC AAG GGT CGA AGT TAG CA
Cathepsin KCAG CAG AGG TGT GTA CTA TGGCG TTG TTC TTA TTC CGA GC
Matrix metalloproteinases-9 (MMP-9)CTG TCC AGA CCA AGG GTA CAG CCTGAG GTA TAG TGG GAC ACA TAG TGG
HIF-laAGG CCT AGA TGG CTT TGT GATAT CGA GGC TGT GTC GAC TG
AMPkaTGTTCCAGCA GATCCTTTCCATAATTGGGTGAGCCACAGC
β-ActinGTA CGA CCA GAG GC A TAC AGGGAT GAC GAT ATC GCT GCG CTG