Research Article

Whole Body Vibration Retards Progression of Atherosclerosis via Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice

Table 1

Primer sequences for real-time PCR.

GeneUpstream primer (5′-3′)Downstream primer (5′-3′)Amplified size of the fragment (bp)

GAPDHTGGTGAAGGTCGGTGTGAACGCTCCTGGAAGATGGTGATGG231
IGF-1RGTGAACGCCCATCTGGGAAGCCAGGGGCAGCCATTAAGTC74
IL-6CTGCAAGAGACTTCCATCCGAGTGGTATAGACAGGTCTGTTGG131

GAPDH: glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; IGF-1R: insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor; IL-6: interleukin 6.