Research Article

Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein A Induces Inflammatory Cytokine Expression by Activating IGF-I/PI3K/Akt Pathways

Table 1

Primers used for the quantitative real-time PCR.

PrimersGenBank numberSequence (5-3)Size (bp)

β-ActinNM_007393.5F: CGTTGACATCCGTAAAGACC111
R: CTAGGAGCCAGAGCAGTAATC
MCP-1NM_011333.3F: CCCTAAGGTCTTCAGCACCT118
R: ACTGTCACATGGTCACTCC
TNF-αNM_013693.3F: GTGCCTATGTCTCAGCCTCT129
R: CTGATGAGAGGGAGGCCATT
IL-6NM_031168F: AGACTTCCATCCAGTTGCCT113
R: CAGGTCTGTTGGGAGTGGTA
IGF-INM_010512.5F: ACTGGAGATGTACTGTGCCC105
R: GATAGGGACGGGGACTTCTG
IGF-IRNM_010513F: TCCCCAACCTCACAGTCATC146
R: GTCGGCGTTCTTCTCAATCC
IGFBP-5NM_010518F: CGAGATGGCTGAAGAGACCT112
R: CTGGGTCAGCTTCTTTCTGC

MCP-1: monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α; IL-6: interleukin-6; IGF-I: insulin-like growth factor-I; IGF-IR: insulin-like growth factor-I receptor; IGFBP-5: insulin-like growth factor binding protein-5.