Total RNA was isolated from portions of mice liver by solubilisation in
Trizol (Invitrogen Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA, USA) and quantified using the
Nanodrop 2000c spectrophotometer (Thermo Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA). For cDNA synthesis, 1 μg total RNA was transcribed using the
High Capacity cDNA Reverse Transcription kit (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Quantitative Real Time PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis of IL-4, IL-5, IL-13, IL-10 and IFN-γ was performed using
TaqMan specific probes (Applied Biosystems, Grand Island, NY, USA) (
Table 1). Each sample was run in triplicate at 95 °C for 30 s followed by 40 cycles of 95 °C for 10 s and 60 °C for 30 s, using a
Light Cycler 7900HT (Applied Biosystems). Data analysis was performed using the comparative threshold cycle (CT) method. Quantitative gene expression was calculated with the comparative CT method and normalized against the CT of the Glucuronidase (GUS) messenger reference gene, as previously used by Gong et al. [27 (
link)].
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