Research Article

Quercetin Downregulates Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression and HIF-1α/VEGF Signaling-Related Angiogenesis in a Mouse Model of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Table 1

The primer sequences for the qPCRs in Materials and Methods.

GeneForwardReverse

VEGF-A5-GTAACGATGAAGCCCTGGAGT-35-TGTTCTGTCTTTCTTTGGTCTGC-3
ICAM-15-CTCGTGATGGCAGCCTCTTAT-35-GGCTTGTCCCTTGAGTTTTATG-3
VCAM-15-AGTGTTGCTTGGACTGACTGTTG-35-GACCTCTTTACCGTTTGCCTAT-3
VE-cadherin5-ATCTCAGACAACGGCAATCC-35-GAAAATTGCCACCAGTGCTT-3
TGF15-GCCCAGCACTTTTTGATTACTA-35-AGGTTGATTGGTGTCTGAGCA-3
FGF5-TTGTGTCTATCAAGGGAGTGTGTG-35-AGTATTTCCGTGACCGGTAAGTAT-3
COX-25-TGCTGGAAAAGGTTCTTCTACG-35-GAACCCAGGTCCTCGCTTAT-3
HIF-1α5-AAAGAACTAAACACACAGCGGA-35-ACAAATCAGCACCAAGCACG-3
MMP-25-AAGGATGGACTCCTGGCACATGCCTTT-35-ACCTGTGGGCTTGTCACGTGGTGT-3
MMP-95-AAGGACGGCCTTCTGGCACACGCCTTT-35-GTGGTATAGTGGGACACATAGTGG-3
GAPDH5-GGTTGTCTCCTGCGACTTCA-35-TGGTCCAGGGTTTCTTACTCC-3

Abbreviations: VEGF-A: vascular endothelial growth factor-A; ICAM-1: intercellular adhesion molecule-1; VCAM-1: vascular cell adhesion molecule 1; VE-cadherin: vascular endothelial cadherin; TGF1: transforming growth factor-1; FGF: fibroblast growth factor; COX-2: cyclooxygenase-2; HIF-1α: hypoxia-inducible factor 1α; MMP: matrix metalloproteinase.