Research Article

Protective Effects of Celastrol on Diabetic Liver Injury via TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB Signaling Pathway in Type 2 Diabetic Rats

Table 1

Sequences of real-time PCR primers.

Primer nameSequenceAnnealing temperatureSize

TLR4Forward 5′-ATGAGGACTGGGTGAGAAAC-3′52°C161 bp
Reverse 5′-CACCACCACAATAACTTTCC-3′

MyD88Forward 5′-TGGTGGTTGTTTCTGACGAT-3′58.4°C165 bp
Reverse 5′-CGCAGATAGTGATGAACCGT-3′

NF-κBForward 5′-AAAAACGCATCCCAAGGTGC-3′52°C185 bp
Reverse 5′-AAGCTCAAGCCACCATACCC-3′

IL-1βForward 5′-GGACAGAACATAAGCCAACA-3′61.4°C127 bp
Reverse 5′-CTTTCATCACACAGGACAGG-3′

TNFαForward 5′-TCCCAGGTTCTCTTCAAGG-3′61.4°C177 bp
Reverse 5′-GTACATGGGCTCATACCAG-3′

GAPDHForward 5′-GCAAGTTCAACGGCACAG-3′52°C218 bp
Reverse 5′-GCCAGTAGACTCCACGACAT-3′

PCR: polymerase chain reaction; TLR4: Toll-like receptor 4; MyD88: myeloid differentiation factor 88; NF-κB: nuclear factor-kappa B; IL-1β: interleukin-1 beta; TNFα: tumor necrosis factor alpha; GAPDH: glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.