Diabetic Ephrin-B2-Stimulated Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Enhance Poststroke Recovery in Mice

Table 1

Sense and antisense primer sequences used for RT-PCR.

Name	Sense	Antisense
Occludin	CCTCCAATGGCAAAGTGAAT	CCCCACCTGTCGTGTAGTCT
Claudin 5	GCTCTCAGAGTCCGTTGACC	ATCTAGTGCCCCCAGGATCT
TJP-1 gene (ZO-1 protein)	ACCCAGCAAAGGTGTACAGG	CCGTAGGCGATGGTCATAGT
VE-cadherin	CAATGACAACTTCCCCGTCT	CGTTTGGGGTCTGTCTCAAT
Angiopoietin 1	GGTCAACAGAATCGCCACTT	CCTGTTCCCATTTGCTGTTT
Angiopoietin 2	AATGTTCCGTGGGAGTTCAG	AACCTGTGCCCACCACTTAG
Tie-2 (or TEK)	TCTGGGTGGCCACTACCTAC	TGAAAGGCTTTTCCACCATC
eNOS	AAGCTGCAGGTATTTGATGC	TATAGCCCGCATAGC
VEGF-A	CCTTAATCCAGAAAGCCTGACATG	AAAGTGCTCCTCGAAGAGTCTCC
VEGFR-2	GGCGGTGGTGACAGTATCTT	GTCACTGACAGAGGCGATGA
PDGF-B	GGCCACACACCTTCTCTGAT	GTGGAGGAGCAGACTGAAGG
PDGFR-1	CACCTTCTCCAGTGTGCTGA	GGAGTCCATAGGGAGGAAGC
TGF-β (1)	TTGCTTCAGCTCCACAGAGA	TGGTTGTAGAGGGCAAGGAC
TGFR-2	GCAAGTTTTGCGATGTGAGA	GGCATCTTCCAGAGTGAAGC
Interleukin-1β	ACCTTCCAGGATGAGGACATGA	AACGTCACACACCAGCAGGTTA
Interleukin-6	AGTTGCCTTCTTGGGACTGA	TCCACGATTTCCCAGAGAAC
Interferon-γ	GCTTTGCAGCTCTTCCTCAT	GTCACCATCCTTTTGCCAGT
TNF-α	TGGCCTCCCTCTCATCAGTTC	TTGGTGGTTTGCTACGACGTG
MCP-1 (or CCL2)	AGGTCCCTGTCATGCTTCTG	TCTGGACCCATTCCTTCTTG

TJP-1: tight junction protein 1; ZO-1: zona occludens-1; VE-cadherin: vascular endothelial-cadherin; eNOS: endothelial nitric oxide synthase; VEGF-a: vascular endothelial growth factor-a; VEGF-R2: vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2; PDGF-B: platelet-derived growth factor-B; PDGFR-1: platelet-derived growth factor receptor-1; TGF-β: transforming growth factor-β; TGFR-2: transforming growth factor-β receptor-2; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α; MCP-1: monocyte chemoattractant protein-1.