For (quantitative) analysis of cytokine and transcription factor expression, perforin-, granzyme B-, class I-restricted T cell-associated molecule (CRTAM)- and GAPDH-specific primers were used in combination with the
SYBR Green kit (Promega, USA) in a
BioRad C1000 Thermal cycler/CFX96 real-time System (BioRad, Germany). GAPDH was used as reference gene. Briefly, cDNA was added to a final volume of 10 μl/reaction containing 1 ×
SYBR Green PCR Master Mix (Promega, USA) and 100 nM of each primer. Thermal cycling conditions were: denaturation at 95 °C 10 min, 40 cycles: 95 °C/30′′, 60 °C/30′′ and 72 °C, 1 min for elongation. Primer sequences were: CRTAM-for: 5′-CCTCTCAAGACCCACAGCAG-3′, CRTAM-rev: 5′-AATGAGGAA-GGACACCAGCG-3′, perforin-for, 5′-ACCAGCAATGTGCATGTGTCTG-3′ and perforin–rev: 5′-GGCCCTCTTGAAGTCAGGGT-3′ [37 (
link)], GrzB for: 5′-TTCGTGCTGA-CAGCTGCTCACT-3′ and GrzB-rev, 5′-CTCTCCAGCTGCAGTAGCA-TGA-3′ [38 (
link)], GAPDH-for: 5′-CCACATCGCTCAGACACCAT-3′ and GAPDH-rev: 5′-GGCAACAA-TATCCACTTTACCAGACT-3′ (RTPrimerDB ID 2053).
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