Table 1 Primers used in the real-time qPCR.

From: IL-1β alters the virulence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Gene

Function

Forward primer (5’–3’)

Reverse primer (5’–3’)

abf-2

Microbicidal activity

CCGTTCCCTTTTCCTTGCAC

GACGACCGCTTCGTTTCTTG

ape-1

Apoptosis

GTTTGGTGATAGTCTAGACG

TGTTGTGGTATCACTACCTAATACC

bar1

Wnt signaling

CCTAATTTGCACGCTACGGC

TCGGCATGATCGGAATGGAG

cep-1

Apoptosis

AGGGCACGATTCAGTGTTG

TTCATCGCTTCCTGGATGC

clec-60

Antimicrobial defence

TGTCTGCATTCTTCCAGTCG

CCCATACCCAGACACCTTTG

lys-7

Antimicrobial response

ATTCAGGTCACTTCGCCAAC

ATCCGGTCGTGATCTGATTC

tir-1:

Innate immune response

TTGGGTGCACAAAGAGCTGA

GGTCGGTGTCGTTCTGTTCA

wah-1

Apoptosis

GCTGATGCTGTCGAGGAGA

TGGTGGTGTTCTCTTCTGTAGA

Y45F10D.4 (FES)

Fes, an iron-sulfur cluster assembly enzyme (endogenous control)

CTGGCAACCGAATGGATTA

CTTCTTAGTCTGCTTCTTCTGATA

fimH

Type-1 fimbriae

GTGCCAATTCCTCTTACCGTT

TGGAATAATCGTACCGTTGCG

papC

P fimbriae

GTGGCAGTATGAGTAATGACCGTTA

TATCCTTTCTGCAGGGATGCAATA

grxA

Glutaredoxin1 redox coenzyme for glutathione-dependent ribonucleotide reductase

ATGAGCGCGATGATTTCCAG

CTCTTTCACCCATGCAGCAA

purL

Phosphoribosylformyl-glycineamide synthetase

ACCTCGACTTTGCTTCCGTA

GCGCAGTTCAAATTTACCGC

rlpB

A minor lipoprotein

GCCAAAGTCTTCCGTTCGTT

GTTGTGGTCGACGTCTGTTC

nirB

Nitrite reductase

GAAGAACTGCTGGCGAAACA

CTTTCTGGATTGTGCGGAGG

gapA

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (endogenous control)

AAGTTGGTGTTGACGTTG

AGCGCCTTTAACGAACATCG