Research Article

Interleukin-18 Expression Increases in the Aorta and Plasma of Patients with Acute Aortic Dissection

Table 1

RT-qPCR primers used.

GeneForward primer (5-3)Reverse primer (5-3)

IL-18 (human)AAAGATAGCCAGCCTAGAGGTATGGATCTATCCCCCAATTCATCCT
GAPDH (human)TTGTCAAGCTCATTTCCTGGTTTACTCCTTGGAGGCCATGTA
iNOS (mouse)TGACGCTCGGAACTGTAGCACAGTGATGGCCGACCTGAT
IFN-γ (mouse)ACTGGCAAAAGGATGGTGACTGAGCTCATTGAATGCTTGG
IL-6 (mouse)AGTTGCCTTCTTGGGACTGATCCACGATTTCCCAGAGAAC
Bax (mouse)TGAGCGAGTGTCTCCGGCGAATGCACTTTAGTGCACAGGGCCTTG
Bcl2 (mouse)TGGTGGACAACATCGCCCTGTGGGTCGCATGCTGGGGCCATATA
GAPDH (mouse)AACTTTGGCATTGTGGAAGGCACATTGGGGGTAGGAACAC

IL: interleukin; iNOS: inducible NO synthase; IFN: interferon; GAPDH: glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase.