Research Article

Altered AKT1 and MAPK1 Gene Expression on Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and Correlation with T-Helper-Transcription Factors in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients

Table 2

Primers for quantitative RT-PCR.

Gene1Accession no.1DescriptionSABiosciences Cat. no.2

IL-1BNM_000576Interleukin 1, betaPPH00171B
IFNGNM_000619Interferon, gammaPPH00380B
IL-12ANM_000882Interleukin 12APPH00544B
IL-6NM_000600Interleukin 6PPH00560B
TNF-alphaNM_000594Tumor necrosis factor (TNF superfamily, member 2)PPH00341E
IL-10NM_000572Interleukin 10PPH00572B
IL-2NM_000586Interleukin 2PPH00172B
TGFB2NM_003238Transforming growth factor, beta 2PPH00524B
IL-5NM_000879Interleukin 5 PPH00692A
TNFSF10NM_003810Tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily, member 10PPH00242E
GAPDHNM_002046Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenasePPH00150E
ACTBNM_001101Actin, betaPPH00073E
TBX21NM_013351T-box-21 (T-bet)PPH00396A
GATA3NM_002051GATA-binding protein 3PPH02143A
FOXP3NM_014009Forkhead box P3PPH00029B
STAT4NM_003151Signal transducer and activator of transcription 4PPH00777E
RORCNM_005060RAR-related orphan receptor CPPH05877A
MAPK1NM_002745Mitogen-activated-protein-kinase 1PPH00715B
AKT1NM_005163v-akt murine-thymoma viral-oncogene-homolog 1PPH00088A
CD38NM_001775CD38 moleculePPH00856A
ZAP70NM_001079Zeta-chain (TCR) associated protein kinase 70 kDaPPH00256A
CD247NM_000734CD247 molecule, CD3-zeta.PPH01484A
CCR6NM_004367Chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 6PPH00616E

Gene1,3Forward primer (5′–3′)4Reverse Primer (5′–3′)4Ref.

GAPDH (NM_002046)gaaggtgaaggtcggagtcgaagatggtgatgggatttcPrimer3 software3

1http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ .
2SABiosciences, QIAGEN company.
3http://frodo.wi.mit.edu/primer3/ .
4Primers used for this study based on the literature were computationally checked for sequence specificity. Melt-curve analysis for each primer pair and reaction was also tested to verified specific amplification.