Research Article

Thymoquinone Protects against Hyperlipidemia-Induced Cardiac Damage in Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Deficient (LDL-R-/-) Mice via Its Anti-inflammatory and Antipyroptotic Effects

Table 1

Primer oligonucleotide sequences.

GenePrimers

TNF-α (ID: Y00467.1)F: 5-TCTCATGCACCACCATCAAGGACT-3
R: 5-ACCACTCTCCCTTTGCAGAACTCA-3
IL-6 (ID: XM_032905335.1)F: 5-TACCAGTTGCCTTCTTGGGACTGA-3
R: 5-TAAGCCTCCGACTTGTGAAGTGGT-3
NLRP3 (ID: XM_021213477.2)F: 5-CTGCGGACTGTCCCATCAAT-3
R: 5-AGGTTGCAGAGCAGGTGCTT-3
IL-1β (ID: NM_008361.4)F: 5-TGCCACCTTTTGACAGTGAT-3
R: 5-TGTGCTGCTGCGAGATTTGA-3
IL-18 (ID: AC140070.3)F: 5-ATGGCTGCTGAACCAGTAGAAG-3
R: 5-CAGCCATACCTCTAGGCTGGC-3
Caspase-1 (ID: XM_032898880.1)F: 5-AACCAGGAGAATGTTTCCAACCT-3
R: 5-AAACACCAGGCCAAGCTTCTT-3
β-Actin (ID: XM_032887061.1)F: 5-CGATGCCCTGAGGGTCTTT-3
R: 5-TGGATGCCACAGGATTCCAT-3

Abbreviations: TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α; IL-6: interleukin-6; NLRP3: nucleotide-binding and oligomerization domain-like receptor 3; IL-18: interleukin-18; IL-1β: interleukin-1β.