Research Article

Th1/17-Biased Inflammatory Environment Associated with COPD Alters the Response of Airway Epithelial Cells to Viral and Bacterial Stimuli

Table 1

Sequence of primers used for qRT-PCR.

GenesSequence IDForward primers (5-3)Reverse primers (5-3)Product size (bp)

HPRT1NM_000194.3CAAAGATGGTCAAGGTCGCATCAAATCCAACAAAGTCTGGCT82
CXCL8NM_000584.4TCAGAGACAGCAGAGCACACACACAGTGAGATGGTTCCTTCC76
IL6NM_000600.5AACCTGAACCTTCCAAAGATGGTCTGGCTTGTTCCTCACTACT159
IL1BXM_017003988.2GGACAGGATATGGAGCAACAAGTGGTTCAACACGCAGGACAGGTACAGAT125
IFNB1NM_002176.4GTCACTGTGCCTGGACCATAAATTGTCCAGTCCCAGAGGC122
TNFNM_000594.4TCAGCAAGGACAGCAGAGGAGTCAGTATGTGAGAGGAAGAGAACC128
TLR3NM_003265.2GCTCTGGAAACACGCAAACCCTCGTCAAAGCCGTTGGACT97
TLR4NM_138554.5TGGTGTGTCGGTCCTCAGTGTGCAGCCAGCAAGAAGCATCAG91
TLR7NM_016562.4TCTTGCCTTCTGGAGTTTTTGCAGTGGTCAGTTGGTTGTGG150
IFIH1NM_022168.4GGAGTCAAAGCCCACCATCTAGACCTTCTTCTGCCACTGTG146
DDX58NM_014314.4GCCTTGGCATGTTACACAGCTTTGGCTTGGGATGTGGTCT110

TLR: toll-like receptor; IFIH1: interferon-induced helicase C domain-containing protein 1, known as MDA5; DDX58: DExD/H-box helicase 58 (known as RIG-I).