Total RNA was extracted from liver tissues using Trizol Reagent (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA). M-MLV Transcriptase was used for reverse transcription according to the manufacturer’s instructions (Thermo, Waltham, USA). The qRT-PCR was run in a thermocycler (iQ5 Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA) with the SYBR Green PCR premix (TaKaRa, Dalian, China) as described previously17 (link). The PCR primers used herein are noted in Table 1. The results were calculated by the 2−△△Ct method.

Sequences of the qRT-PCR primers.

GeneGenbank accessionForward primerReverse primer
Acta2NM_007392.3AAGAGCATCCGACACTGCTGACAGCACAGCCTGAATAGCCACATAC
COL1A1NM_007742.4CAGGGTATTGCTGGACAACGTGGGACCTTGTTTGCCAGGTTCA
IFN-γNM_008337.4TAGCCAAGACTGTGATTGCGGAGACATCTCCTCCCATCAGCAG
TNF-αNM_013963.3AAGCCTGTAGCCCACGTCGTAAGGTACAACCCATCGGCTGG
IL-6NM_031168.2CCACTTCACAAGTCGGAGGCTTACCAGTTTGGTAGCATCCATCATTTC
IL-4NM_021283.2ACAGGAGAAGGGACGCCATGAAGCCCTACAGACGAGCTCA
IL-5NM_010558.1TGGGGGTACTGTGGAAATGCCCACACTTCTCTTTTTGGCGG
IL-10NM_010548.2GCCAGAGCCACATGCTCCTAGATAAGGCTTGGCAACCCAAGTAA
IL-13NM_008355.3CCCTGGATTCCCTGACCAACGGAGGCTGGAGACCGTAGT
IL-17ANM_010552.3ACCGCAATGAAGACCCTGATTCCCTCCGCATTGACACA
TGF-β1NM_011577.2GTGTGGAGCAACATGTGGAACTCTACGCTGAATCGAAAGCCCTGTA
FGL2NM_008013.4TGGACAACAAAGTGGCAAATCTTGGAACACTTGCCATCCAAA
GAPDHNM_001289726.1CATGGCCTTCCGTGTTCCTACCTGCTTCACCACCTTCTTGAT
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