Pegylated Interferon- Modulates Liver Concentrations of Activin-A and Its Related Proteins in Normal Wistar Rat

Table 1

The sequences of PCR primers used for the detection of β-actin, activin βA-subunit, activin type IIA and IIB receptors, Smad4, Smad7, and follistatin including the corresponding genes accession numbers.

	Forward	Reverse
β-actin; (NCBI: NM_031144.3)	5′ CGG TCA GGT CAT CAC TAT CG 3′	5′ TTC CAT ACC CAG GAA GGA AG 3′
βA-subunit; (NCBI: NM_017128.2)	5′ GCT TTG GCT GAG AGG ATT TCT G 3′	5′ TGG ATT ATA GTG AGG AGT TCC 3′
IIA receptor; (NCBI: NM_031571.2)	5′ AGG CTA ATG TGG TCT CTT GGA A 3′	5′ CCA ATC CTC TAG CCA TGG TTT CT 3′
IIB receptor; (NCBI: NM_031554.1)	5′ GGA GTG CAT CTA CTA CAA CGC 3′	5′ TCC AGG CCG CTC TGG TT 3′
Smad4; (NCBI: NM_019275.2)	5′ GTG GCT GGT CGG AAA GGA TTT 3′	5′ GAT CAG GCC ACC TCC AGA GAC 3′
Smad7; (NCBI: NM_030858.1)	5′ GGA GGT CAT GTT CGC TCC TT 3′	5′ TTT GGT CCT GAA CAT GCG GG 3′
Follistatin; (NCBI: NM_012561.1)	5′ GTG GAT GAT TTT CAA CGG GGG 3′	5′ TTC TCA CAC GTT TCT TTA CAG GG 3′