Quantitative real time-PCR (qRT-PCR) was carried out using DNA Master SYBR Green I mix (Applied Biosystems), as we previously described (Villasante et al., 2014 (link)) mRNA expression levels were quantified applying the ΔCt method, ΔCt = (Ct of gene of interest—Ct of GAPDH). qRT-PCR primer sequences that were obtained from the PrimerBank data base1 are listed in Table 1. Primer sequences for CD206, CD163, CCR7, CD80, and TNFα were obtained from Spiller et al. (2014) .
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