Overexpression of MicroRNA-16 Alleviates Atherosclerosis by Inhibition of Inflammatory Pathways

Table 1

Primers used in the present study.

Gene	Primer (5⟶3)
Reverse transcription PCR
U6	AACGCTTCACGAATTTGCGT
miR-16	GTCGTATCCAGTGCAGGGTCCGAG TCGCACTGGATACGACCGCCAA
Primers for qRT-PCR
GAPDH	Sense: TGCACCACCAACTGCTTAG
	Antisense: GATGCAGGGATGATGTTC
PDCD4	Sense: GTCTTAGGTGTTACCAAGAACAGA
	Antisense: GTTCCTCTTCTGTCCCTCCA
U6	Sense: CTCGCTTCGGCAGCACA
	Antisense: AACGCTTCACGAATTTGCGT
miR-16	Sense: TCGGCGTAGCAGCACGTAAAT
	Universal antisense: GTATCCAGTGCAGGGTCCGAGGT

PDCD4: programmed cell death 4; PCR: polymerase chain reaction.