Table 1 Primers sequence used for qRT-PCR.

From: Antiarthritic activities of berberine in a rat model of gouty arthritis

Gene

Primer sequence

NCBI reference

Elastase

F: CCA CAC TCA TTG CCA GGA AC

NM_001106767.1

R: GCG TTA ATG GTA GCT GAG CC

COX-2

F: GCT TAA AGA CCG CAT CGA GG

S67722.1

R: GGC TGA ACT CAC ACA TTG CA

MMP-9

F: AGG ATG GTC TAC TGG CAC AC

NM_031055.2

R: GTG CAG GAC AAA TAG GAG CG

MPO

F: TGG GGA GAA GCT TTA CCA GG

XM_032913217

R: GCG ATT CGA GGG TCT ACT GA

GAPDH

F: GAG ACA GCC GCA TCT TCT TG

NM_017008.4

R: TGA CTG TGC CGT TGA ACT TG

  1. COX-2, cyclooxygenase-2; MMP-9, matrix metallopeptidase-9, MPO, myeloperoxidase, GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.