According to the manufacturer's instructions, total RNAs were extracted from A549 cell line or lung tissues with
TRIzol reagent (Invitrogen). The cDNA was reverse‐transcribed by using the
HiScriptII Q RT SuperMix Reagent Kit (Vazyme, Nanjing, China) for different experiments. Quantitative real‐time PCR was performed with the
SYBR Premix EX Taq Kit (Takara, Dalian, China) using an
ABI PRISM 7500 Real‐time PCR system (Life Technologies, Waltham, MA), and β‐actin was used as the internal control. The sequences of PCR primers used in this study were shown as follows: IL‐6 forward, 5′‐ACTCACCTCTTCAGAACGAATTG‐3′ and reverse, 5′‐CCATCTTTGGAAGGTTCAGGTTG‐3′; IL‐1β forward, 5′‐ATGATGGCTTATTACAGTGGCAA‐3′ and reverse, 5′‐GTCGGAGATTCGTAGCTGGA‐3′; IL‐12 forward, 5′‐ACCCTGACCATCCAAGTCAAA‐3′ and reverse, 5′‐TTGGCCTCGCATCTTAGAAAG‐3′; TNF‐α forward, 5′‐CCTCTCTCTAATCAGCCCTCTG‐3′ and reverse, 5′‐GAGGACCTGGGAGTAGATGAG‐3′; TGF‐β forward, 5′‐GGCCAGATCCTGTCCAAGC‐3′ and reverse, 5′‐GTGGGTTTCCACCATTAGCAC‐3′; GAPDH forward, 5′‐CTTCAACGACCACTTTGT‐3′ and reverse, 5′‐TGGTCCAGGGGTCTTACT‐3′.
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