Statin Treatment Is Associated with Reduction in Serum Levels of Receptor Activator of NF-κB Ligand and Neutrophil Activation in Patients with Severe Carotid Stenosis

Table 3

Human primers used for real-time PCR.

Gene	Function	Nucleotide sequence	Size (bp)	Accession number
RPS13	Fw	5′-CGTCCCCACTTGGTTGAAG-3′	90	NM_001017
	Rv	5′-CCGATCTGTGAAGGAGTAAGG-3′
	Probe	5′-ACATCTGACGACGTGAAGGAGCAGATT-3′
TNFSF11 (RANKL)	Fw	5′-AAGGAGCTGTGCAAAAGGAA-3′	75	NM_003701
	Rv	5′-CATCCACCATCGCTTTCTCT-3′
	Probe	5′-CGTTGGATCACAGCACATCAGAGC-3′
TNFRSF11A (RANK)	Fw	5′-CAGCTAATTTGTGGCACTGG-3′	68	NM_003839
	Rv	5′-ACCTGAGGACTCCTTATCTCCA-3′
	Probe	5′-CAATGAGGCTTGTGGCCGCCTA-3′
TNFRSF11B (OPG)	Fw	5′-TGGAATAGATGTTACCCTGTGTG-3′	149	NM_002546
	Rv	5′-TGTGTTGCCGTTTTATCCTCT-3′
	Probe	5′-AGGCATTCTTCAGGTTTGCTGTTCC-3′