Table 1 Sequences of primer pairs.

From: Galectin-3 Plays an Important Role in Preterm Birth Caused by Dental Infection of Porphyromonas gingivalis

Gene

Forward

Reverse

Size

Accession number

Mouse

  COX-2 (Ptgs2)

TTCAAAAGAAGTGCTGGAAAAGGT

GATCATCTCTACCTGAGTGTCTTT

304

NM_011198.3

  mKC (IL-8 homologue)

CGCTGCTGCTGCTGGCCACCA

GGCTATGACTTCGGTTTGGGTGCAG

164

NM_008176.3

  TNF-α

ATGAGCACAGAAAGCATGATC

TACAGGCTTGTCACTCGAATT

276

NM_013693.2

  GAPDH

GCATCCTGGGCTACACTGAG

TCCACCACCCTGTTGCTGTA

163

NM_008084.2

Human

  COX-2 (Ptgs2)

TGAGCATCTACGGTTTGCTG

TGCTTGTCTGGAACAACTGC

158

NM_000963.2

  IL-8

TAGCAAAATTGAGGCCAAGG

GGACTTGTGGATCCTGGCTA

204

NM_000584.3

  TNF-α

AAGAATTCAAACTGGGGCCT

GGCTACATGGGAACAGCCTA

402

NM_000594.2

  GAPDH

TGAACGGGAAGCTCACTGG

TCCACCACCCTGTTGCTGTA

307

NM_002046.4

siRNA

  siGal-3

CACGCUUCAAUGAGAACAACA

UGUUGUUCUCAUUGAAGCGUG