Research Article

Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Rhapontici Radix Ethanol Extract via Inhibition of NF-κB and MAPK and Induction of HO-1 in Macrophages

Table 1

Primers used for real-time RT-PCR.

Target genePrimer sequence

TNF-αF: 5′-TTCTGTCTACTGAACTTCGGGGTGATCGGTCC-3′
R: 5′-GTATGAGATAGCAAATCGGCTGACGGTGTGGG-3′

IL-6F: 5′-TCCAGTTGCCTTCTTGGGAC-3′
R: 5′-GTGTAATTAAGCCTCCGACTTG-3′

IL-1βF: 5′-ATGGCAACTGTTCCTGAACTCAACT-3′
R: 5′-CAGGACAGGTATAGATTCTTTCCTTT-3′

iNOSF: 5′-GGCAGCCTGTGAGACCTTTG-3′
R: 5′-GCATTGGAAGTGAAGCGTTTC-3′

COX-2F: 5′-TGAGTACCGCAAACGCTTCTC-3′
R: 5′-TGGACGAGGTTTTTCCACCAG-3′

HO-1F: 5′-TGAAGGAGGCCACCAAGGAGG-3′
R: 5′-AGAGGTCACCCAGGTAGCGGG-3′

β-actinF: 5′-AGAGGGAAATCGTGCGTGAC-3′
R: 5′-CAATAGTGATGACCTGGCCGT-3′

F: forward; R: reverse.