Research Article

Increased Activity of the Intracardiac Oxytocinergic System in the Development of Postinfarction Heart Failure

Table 1

Sequences of oligonucleotides used in the present study.

GeneSense primer (5′-3′)Antisense primer (5′-3′)Accession number

OT, OxtGACGGTGGATCTCGGACTGAACGCCCCTAAAGGTATCATCACAAARn00564446_g1
OTR, OxtrGTCAATGCGCCCAAGGAAGGATGCAAACCAATAGACACCRn00563503_m1
ANP, NppaCAGCATGGGCTCCTTCTCCAGTCAATCCTACCCCCGAAGCAGCTRn00664637_g1
BNP, NppbCCATCGCAGCTGCCTGGCCCATCACTGACTGCGCCGATCCGGTCRn00580641_m1

BNP: B-type natriuretic peptide; OT: oxytocin; OTR: oxytocin receptor.